Georgia works at the Yogurt Shoppe. She is able to scoop yogurt into perfectly round scoops that have a radius of 6 cm. If Mary buys a triple scoop of yogurt in a cup, how much yogurt will Georgia give Mary? Use 3.14 for π and round answer to the nearest whole cm. Include units written out such as inches, square feet or cubic meters.

Question

Georgia works at the Yogurt Shoppe. She is able to scoop yogurt into perfectly round scoops that have a radius of 6 cm. If Mary buys a triple scoop of yogurt in a cup, how much yogurt will Georgia give Mary? Use 3.14 for π and round answer to the nearest whole cm. Include units written out such as inches, square feet or cubic meters.

Reiny · Answer

Volume of a sphere =(4/3)π r^3
you have 3 of them, so the total volume
= 4π (6^3) cm^3
= 864π cm^2
or appr 2714 cm^3

(why use such a poor approximation of π if almost all calculators have the π constant built in ?
I am sure you are going to use a calculator anyway. )