Question

Shot put throw is one of the events in the World Athletics

Championships. The shot put ball is spherical in shape whose
volume is 4,913,000 cubic millimetres. If it is melted and converted
into a cube, then what will be the length of the cube

Answer 1

The length of the cube is 170 mm

Explanation:

Volume of Solids

The volume of a cube of length a is:

`V_c=a^3`

The shot put ball is spherical with a volume of 4,913,000 cubic millimeters. The ball is melted and converted into a cube, thus we have the volume of the cube.

Let's solve the equation of the volume of the cube for a:

`a=\sqrt[3]{V_c}`

`a=\sqrt[3]{4,913,000}=170\ mm`

The length of the cube is 170 mm