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6. Surface Areas and Volumes of Spheres
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Exercise 18 Page 852

The volume of a hemisphere is half the volume of a sphere with the same radius.

261.8ft^3

Practice makes perfect

A hemisphere is the name of a solid that is half of a sphere.

The volume of a hemisphere with radius r is half the volume of a sphere with radius r. Volume of a Hemisphere [0.8em] V=1/2(4/3π r^3) ⇔ V=2/3π r^3 The radius measures 5feet. We can substitute this value into the formula for the volume of a hemisphere and simplify.
V=2/3π r^3
V=2/3π ( 5)^3
V=2/3π(125)
V=2/3(125)π
V=250/3π
V=261.79...
V≈ 261.8
The volume of the hemisphere to the nearest tenth is 261.8ft^3.