Three golf balls fit snugly in a rectangular box. What fraction of the space in the box do they occupy?
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Three golf balls fit snugly in a rectangular box. What fraction of the space in the box do they occupy?
Three golf balls fit snugly in a rectangular box. What fraction of the space in the box do they occupy?
June 14th, 2009 at 8:19 am
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Some dimensions would be useful would they not ? !
June 16th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
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128/146
June 19th, 2009 at 3:48 am
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Exactly the same ratio as that between a sphere and a cube have a side of the same length as the diameter of the sphere.
The ratio is : 4/3 x pi x r x r divided by d x d x d.
June 19th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
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hmm. i don’t quite understand how three balls can fit snugly in a box but think of it this way, if you have one golf ball that fits snugly in a square box then one half of the box is occupied