Question

What is the volume of a basketball with a radius of 4.5 inches?

Answer 1

Since the basketball-shaped sphere, then

Its volume = The volume of the sphere

The volume of the sphere is

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

r is the radius of it

Since the radius of the basketball is 4.5 inches, then

• r = 3.5

Substitute in the rule above

`\begin{gathered} V=(4)/(3)\pi(4.5)^3 \\ V=121.5\pi in^3 \end{gathered}`

The volume of the basketball is 121.5 pi in^3

We can use pi = 3.14 or 22/7

The volume of the basketball is 381.8571429 in^3