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A golf ball is packed into a cubical box so that it just fits. What percentage of the box is unfilled?

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Originally posted by phgao
A golf ball is packed into a cubical box so that it just fits. What percentage of the box is unfilled?
volume of the ball: 4/3*pi*r^3
volume of the box: 8r^3

fraction unoccupied: 1- 4/3*pi/8= 1 - pi/6 = 48% approx.

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19 Jul 05

Originally posted by Mephisto2
volume of the ball: 4/3*pi*r^3
volume of the box: 8r^3

fraction unoccupied: 1- 4/3*pi/8= 1 - pi/6 = 48% approx.
what about the dimples on the ball making it not perfectly spherical

lol

In your face

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23 Jul 05

Originally posted by villa68
what about the dimples on the ball making it not perfectly spherical

lol
You tell us? 😛

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23 Jul 05

Originally posted by villa68
what about the dimples on the ball making it not perfectly spherical

lol
Pity he's not a snooker fan.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Pity he's not a snooker fan.
Who is 'he'?

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Originally posted by Mephisto2
Who is 'he'?
Hag Op.

Do you always have such difficulty grasping the obvious?

In your face

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Originally posted by Mephisto2
Who is 'he'?
He thinks therefore he is.

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Originally posted by jimslyp69
He thinks therefore he is.
Most posters here fail to manage the think part.