Question

David is a blacksmith who bought a solid sphere made of iron to melt down later and make hammers out of.

​The volume of the sphere is cubic inches.

​What is the radius of the sphere to the nearest tenth of an inch?
​Use as an approximation for .

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the radius of a solid sphere given its volume, we can use the formula for the volume of a sphere:

\[
V = \frac{4}{3} \pi r^3
\]

where \( V \) is the volume and \( r \) is the radius.

We want to solve for \( r \). First, we'll set up the equation with the volume you provided. Since you didn't specify the numerical value for \( V \), I will use \( V \) in the calculations.

1. Rearranging the formula to solve for \( r \):

\[
r^3 = \frac{3V}{4\pi}
\]

2. Now we substitute \( \pi \) with \( \frac{22}{7} \) (an approximation for \( \pi \)) and calculate \( r \):

\[
r^3 = \frac{3V}{4 \times \frac{22}{7}} = \frac{3V \times 7}{88} = \frac{21V}{88}
\]

3. To find \( r \), we take the cube root of both sides:

\[
r = \sqrt[3]{\frac{21V}{88}}
\]

4. Once you provide the volume \( V \) in cubic inches, we can plug it into this formula to find the radius \( r \).

Could you please provide the numerical value for the volume?