ten-pin bowling ball has a volume of about 5274 cm3. A candlepin (8) bowling ball has a volume of about 48 in3. About how much greater is the volume

of a ten-pin bowling ball than the volume of a candlepin bowling ball?

1 answer

smaller ball:
48 in^3 = (2.54^3)(48) cm^3 , (since 1 inch = 2.54 cm)
= 786.579 cm^3

ratio of volumes = 5274/786.579 = 6.7

so the 10-pin ball is about 6.7 times the volume of the smaller ball