The surface area of a golf ball is 8.92 in ^2. The surface area of a softball is 53.78. Find the ratio of the volumes of a golf ball to a softball. Surface Area = 4π r^2 and Volume = 4/3π r^3
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volume=4/3 PI r^3
ratio= (rgolf/rsoft)^3
now how do you get the radius?
SA=4PI r^2
r= sqrt (SA/4PI)= k*sqrtSA
so ratiovolumes= (k*sqrtSAgolf/ksqrtSAsoft)^3=
(sqrt (SAgolf/SAsoft)^3
= (sqrt (8.92/53.78))^3
So is my answer 496.479489?
Of course, I can help you with that!
To find the ratio of the volumes of a golf ball and a softball, we first need to calculate the volumes of both objects.
The formula for the volume of a sphere is given by V = (4/3)πr^3, where V represents the volume and r represents the radius.
Given the surface areas of the golf ball and the softball, we can find their respective radii using the formula for surface area, which is A = 4πr^2.
For the golf ball, we are given that the surface area is 8.92 in^2. We can rearrange the formula for surface area and solve for r:
8.92 = 4πr^2
Dividing both sides of the equation by 4π, we get:
r^2 = 8.92 / (4π)
r^2 ≈ 0.71
Taking the square root of both sides, we find:
r ≈ √0.71 ≈ 0.843
Therefore, the radius of the golf ball is approximately 0.843 inches.
Similarly, for the softball, we are given that the surface area is 53.78 in^2. Using the same process as before, we find that the radius of the softball is approximately 1.551 inches.
Now that we have the radii of both objects, we can substitute these values into the formula for volume and find the volumes of the golf ball and the softball.
For the golf ball:
Vgolf = (4/3)π(0.843^3)
And for the softball:
Vsoftball = (4/3)π(1.551^3)
Evaluating these expressions, we can find the actual volumes of the golf ball and the softball.
Once we have both volumes, we can determine the ratio of the golf ball's volume to the softball's volume by dividing the volume of the golf ball by the volume of the softball.
I hope this explanation helps you understand how to approach the problem!