Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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4. Surface Areas and Volumes of Similar Solids
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Exercise 1 Page 450

The volume of a sphere is four thirds the product of π and the cube of the radius.

53243π ≈ 5575.3 cubic centimeters

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Consider the given sphere.

The volume of a sphere is four thirds the product of π and the cube of the radius. V=4/3π r^3 In the diagram we can see that the radius is 11centimeters. Therefore, we can substitute 11 for r in the above formula and simplify the right-hand side.
V=4/3π r^3
V=4/3π ( 11)^3
Evaluate right-hand side
V=4/3π (1331)
V=4/3(1331)π
V=5324/3π
V=5575.279762...
V≈ 5575.3
The volume of the sphere is 53243π cubic centimeters or about 5575.3 cubic centimeters.