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 , the number of shot is . How many shot of radius can be made from the given mass of lead?
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In this question, we are looking at inverse proportion.
Let x be the number of shots and let r be the radius of the shot.
From the question we have,
n = r 3 k where k is a constant of proportionality.
Substituting n = 4 0 9 6 and r = 1 we have,
4 0 9 6 ∴ k = 1 3 k = 4 0 9 6
Substituting k = 4 0 9 6 we have,
n = 1 . 6 3 4 0 9 6 = 4 . 0 9 6 4 0 9 6 = 1 0 0 0