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High school geometry

Course: High school geometry > Unit 9

Lesson 3: Volume and surface area
Math
High school geometry
Solid geometry
Volume and surface area
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Problem

Wesley makes spherical fish tanks with a diameter of 30, start text, space, c, m, end text. A customer requests a smaller tank with half the volume of the tank that Wesley usually makes.
What is the approximate diameter of the smaller tank?
Round to the nearest tenth.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
start text, c, m, end text
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