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  • 05-07-2017
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The ratio of the radii of two spheres is 3:1. The volume of the larger sphere is 729 in3. What is the volume of the smaller sphere?

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javreonmcgown
javreonmcgown javreonmcgown
  • 05-07-2017
27 in3 because you have to divide it

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Thales
Thales Thales
  • 05-07-2017
Volume of sphere = 4/3 * π * r^3.

The constants don't matter because we're doing it by ratio, what matters is that volume is proportional to r^3. The radius is 3x larger, so the volume will be 3^3 = 27 times larger.

Therefore the volume of the smaller sphere is 729 / 27 = 27 in^3.
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