Final answer:
To estimate how many golf balls will fit in the bed of a pickup truck, calculate the volume of the truck bed and divide it by the volume of a golf ball. The approximate answer is 105,383 golf balls.
Step-by-step explanation:
To estimate how many golf balls will fit in the bed of a pickup truck, we need to calculate the volume of the truck bed and divide it by the volume of a golf ball.
The volume of the truck bed is 8ft x 5ft x 1.5ft = 60 cubic feet.
The volume of a golf ball is (4/3) x π x (0.75in)^3 = 0.98175 cubic inches.
To convert cubic inches to cubic feet, we divide by 1728 (1 cubic foot = 1728 cubic inches).
Therefore, the volume of a golf ball is 0.98175 / 1728 = 0.0005681 cubic feet.
To estimate the number of golf balls that can fit in the truck bed, we divide the volume of the truck bed by the volume of a golf ball:
Number of golf balls = 60 / 0.0005681 = 105,383.15
Since we can't have a fraction of a golf ball, we round down to the nearest whole number.
Answer: Approximately 105,383 golf balls.