Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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3. Volumes of Spheres
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Exercise 7 Page 443

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

288Ï€ cubic units

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The volume of a sphere is four thirds the product of π and the cube of the radius. V=4/3π r^3 We want to find the volume of a sphere whose radius is 6 units. Therefore, we can substitute 6 for r in the above formula and simplify the right-hand side.

V=4/3Ï€ r^3
V=4/3Ï€ ( 6)^3
V=4/3Ï€ (216)
V=4/3(216)Ï€
V=4 * 216/3Ï€
V=864/3Ï€
V=288 π

The volume of the sphere is 288Ï€ cubic units.