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5. What is the volume, in terms of pi, of a spherewhose diameter is 6 centimeters?

User Georg Jung
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In order to calculate the volume of a sphere, we can use the formula:


V=(4)/(3)\pi r^3

Where r is the radius.

So, since the diameter is 6 units, the radius is 3 units, then the volume is:


\begin{gathered} V=(4)/(3)\pi3^3 \\ V=36\pi \end{gathered}

So the volume is 36π cm³.

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