Sphere A has a diameter of 2 and is dilated by a scale factor of 3 to create sphere B. What is the ratio of the volume of sphere A to sphere B?

A 2:6

B 4:36

C 1:3

D 1:27

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Answer:

1:27

Step-by-step explanation:

I will use solve in terms of pi

Know that Original volume * scale factor cubed = new volume.

The scale factor is 3 and 3^3 is 27,

Therefore the ratio is 1:27

Scaled figures are zoomed in or zoomed out (or just no zoom) versions of each other. The correct option is D.

What are Scaled figures?

Scaled figures are zoomed in or zoomed out (or just no zoom) versions of each other. They have scaled versions of each other, and by scale, we mean that each of their dimension(like height, width etc linear quantities) are constant multiple of their similar figure.

So, if a side of a figure is of length L units, and that of its similar figure is of M units, then:

[tex]L = k \times M[/tex]

where 'k' will be called a scale factor.

The linear things grow linearly like length, height etc.

The quantities which are squares or multiple linear things twice grow by the square of the scale factor. Thus, we need to multiply or divide by k²

to get each other corresponding quantities from their similar figures' quantities.

So the area of the first figure = k² × the area of the second figure

Similarly, increasing product-derived quantities will need increased power of 'k' to get the corresponding quantity. Thus, for volume, it is k cubed. or

The volume of the first figure = k³ × volume of the second figure.

It is because we will need to multiply 3 linear quantities to get volume, which results in k getting multiplied 3 times, thus, cubed.

Given that the diameter of sphere A is 2 units, it is dilated by a scale factor of 3 to create sphere B. Therefore, the diameter of sphere B is,

Diameter of sphere B = 3 × Diameter of sphere A

                                    = 3 × 2 units

                                    = 6 units

Now, the ratio of diameters of the sphere and the volume of the sphere can be written as,

[tex](\dfrac{\text{Diameter of sphere A}}{\text{Diameter of sphere B}})^3 = \dfrac{\text{Volume of sphere A}}{\text{Volume of sphere B}} \\\\\\(\dfrac{2}{6})^3 = \dfrac{\text{Volume of sphere A}}{\text{Volume of sphere B}}\\\\\\\dfrac{\text{Volume of sphere A}}{\text{Volume of sphere B}} = \dfrac{1}{27}[/tex]

Hence, the correct option is D.

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