We have five spheres like this:
The problem:
Find the volume of a sphere.
Hints:
1- All the spheres have the same volume.
2- Line segments link between the center of spheres
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We'll draw a triangle (ABC):
And we will use Pythagoras theorem to find BC: B C 2 = A B 2 + A C 2 A n d w e k n o w : A B = 3 c m a n d A C = 4 c m T h e r e f o r e : B C 2 = 3 2 + 4 2 B C 2 = 9 + 1 6 B C 2 = 2 5 B C = 2 5 B C = 5
Also, we see from the figure that B C = 4 r , therefore r = 4 B C r = 4 5 r = 1 . 2 5
And we know:
V s p h e r e = 3 4 π r 3
So:
V s p h e r e ≈ 8 . 1 8