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To: Salgak
Doesn't 4km diameter imply 4/3 2km ^ 3 = 10.66 km3 or about 11B cubic meters, or I am stuck in an alternate dimension again?
33 posted on 07/25/2002 9:45:26 AM PDT by Soren
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To: Soren
We're both wrong: you forgot "pi", and I plugged in diameter instead of radius. . . it's 33.5 billion cubic meters, 263 trillion kg, 321 quintillion joules. Still a big bang. . .
36 posted on 07/25/2002 9:56:25 AM PDT by Salgak
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To: Soren
Doesn't 4km diameter imply 4/3 2km ^ 3 = 10.66 km3 or about 11B cubic meters, or I am stuck in an alternate dimension again?

The formula for the volume of a sphere is:

4/3(pi)r^3. So you were right to use the radius of 2, but I think you left out "pi". That is, you still need to multiply by 3.14.

That is, if you wanted to determine the volume. And if it's a sphere.

60 posted on 07/25/2002 4:15:47 PM PDT by grania
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