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Algebra Level 3

The number of uniform spherical shot that can be made from a given mass of lead varies inversely as the cube of the radius of the shot required. When the radius of the shot is 1 mm 1\text{ mm} , the number of shot is 4096 4096 . How many shot of radius 1.6 mm 1.6\text{ mm} can be made from the given mass of lead?


The answer is 1000.

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1 solution

Armain Labeeb
Jul 19, 2016

In this question, we are looking at inverse proportion.

Let x x be the number of shots and let r r be the radius of the shot.

From the question we have,

n = k r 3 \begin{aligned} n & =\frac { k }{ { r }^{ 3 } } \end{aligned} where k k is a constant of proportionality.

Substituting n = 4096 n=4096 and r = 1 r=1 we have,

4096 = k 1 3 k = 4096 \begin{aligned} 4096 & =\frac { k }{ { 1 }^{ 3 } } \\ \therefore \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, k & =4096 \end{aligned}

Substituting k = 4096 k=4096 we have,

n = 4096 1.6 3 = 4096 4.096 = 1000 \begin{aligned} n & =\frac { 4096 }{ { 1.6 }^{ 3 } } \\ & =\frac { 4096 }{ 4.096 } \\ & =\boxed { 1000 } \end{aligned}

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