Question

A basketball is shipped in a cube-shaped box. The basketball just want touches the sides of the box. What is the radius of the ball? What is the volume?

Answer 1

The answer is "4.8 and 463.011"

Explanation:

Please find the complete question in the attached file.

Given:

side
`= 9.6 \ in\\\\`

let the radius of the ball

`2r=9.6 \ in\\\\r=(9.6)/(2)\\\\r= 4.8 \ in\\\\`

The radius of the basketball
`= 4.8 \ in\\\\`

The volume of the basketball
`=(4)/(3)\pi r^3=(4)/(3)* 3.14 * 4.8^3= 463.011 \ in^3`