When making a snowman out of three snow spheres, let’s have the ratio of the diameter of each of the three spheres be 1:2:3. If the diameter of the smallest sphere (the top) is 18 inches, what is the diameter, in feet, of the largest sphere (the bottom) of the snowman? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.
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What is volume of the middle sphere, in cubic inches? Express your answer in terms of pi. The formula for the volume of a sphere is (4/3)(pi)r3.
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What is the ratio of the volume of the smallest sphere to the volume of the middle sphere? Express your answer in the form a:b.
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Assuming that our three spheres are placed one on top of the other with no "smushing" or "denting" of the spheres, how many feet tall is our snowman?
Can you help me out, or you don't have to tell me the answer, just can you tell me what steps I need to do to find the answer?
2006-11-16
08:59:59
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