Caleb has two basketballs. The brown basketball has a radius of 6 inches. The orange basketball has a radius of 9 inches. How much more air does the orange basketball hold than the brown basketball? A 36? in.3 B 76? in.3 C 684? in.3 D 1216? in.3

Respuesta :

Answer: Option C.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. To solve this problem you must apply the formula for calculate the volume of a sphere, which is shown below:

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

Where r is the radius of the sphere.

2. The volume of the brown basketball is:

[tex]V_1=\frac{4}{3}(6in)^{3}\pi=288\pi[/tex][tex]in^{3}[/tex]

3. The volume of the orange basketball is:

 [tex]V_2=\frac{4}{3}(9in)^{3}\pi=972\pi[/tex][tex]in^{3}[/tex]

4. Then to calculate how much more air the orange basketball holds than the brown basketball, you must subtract the volumes. So, the result is:

[tex]V=V_2-V_1\\V=972\pi \ in^{3}-288\pi \ in^{3}\\V=684\pi\ in^{3}[/tex]