How many spherical balls of diameter 15cm can be covered by 40 square metres of material

Pollx asked Nov 6, 2023

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It's very simple: divide the 40 m² area by area of 1 one sphere

$\frac{40 \: m {}^(2) }{3.41 * 15m {}^(2) } = 565$

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