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What is the volume of a marble sphere is about 7,238.23 cubic millimeters. What is the radius? (Round your answer to the nearest millimeter.)

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The volume of a sphere can be calculated using this formula:


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

Where "r" is the radius of the sphere and "V" is the volume of the sphere.

If you solve for "r", you get this new formula:


r=\sqrt[3]{(3V)/(4\pi)}

In this case you know that:


V\approx7,238.23\operatorname{mm}^3

Therefore, you can substitute this value into the second formula and then evaluate, in order to find the radius of this sphere:


\begin{gathered} r=\sqrt[3]{\frac{(3)(7,238.23\operatorname{mm}^3)}{4\pi}} \\ \\ r\approx12\operatorname{mm} \\ \end{gathered}

The answer is:


r\approx12\operatorname{mm}

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