Answer:
Approximately 141 malt balls
Explanation:
this problem is on the mensuration of solids shapes.
first we need to calculate the volume of the rectangular prism
volume of prsim= l*b*h
given that
length= 1.5 in
breath=2.5 in
hieght= 6 in
volume= 1.5*2.5*6
volume=22.5 in^3
secondly we then calculate the volume of a malt ball
given that
raduis r= 0.34
volume of sphere = 4/3πr^3
volume of sphere = 4/3*3.124*(0.34)^3
volume of sphere = 1.33*3.142*0.039
volume of sphere = 0.16 in^3
now we can calculate the amount of sphere that can fit into the prism as
= volume of prism/volume of sphere
= 22.5/0.16
=140.6
approximately 141 malt balls