A company makes spherical tanks that store chemicals. Their standard model has a diameter of 6 meters, but a customer needs a larger tank whose capacity is 2.5 times the volume of the standards model. What is the approximate diameter of this larger tank?

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Answer:

[tex]V = 113.04m^3[/tex] --- Standard Model

[tex]Diameter = 15m[/tex] --- Larger Tank

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Standard Model

[tex]Diameter = 6m[/tex]

Larger Tank

Diameter = 2.5 * Standard Model

Solving (a): Volume of Standard Model.

The tank is spherical; so, the volume (V) is as follows

[tex]V = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3[/tex]

Where

[tex]r = \frac{1}{2}Diameter[/tex]

[tex]r = \frac{1}{2} * 6m[/tex]

[tex]r = 3m[/tex]

So:

[tex]V = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3[/tex]

[tex]V = \frac{4}{3} * \pi * 3^3[/tex]

[tex]V = \frac{4}{3} * \pi * 27[/tex]

[tex]V = 4 * \pi * 9[/tex]

[tex]V = 4 * 9* \pi[/tex]

[tex]V = 36* \pi[/tex]

Take [tex]\pi[/tex] as 3.14

[tex]V = 36 * 3.14[/tex]

[tex]V = 113.04m^3[/tex]

Solving (b): Diameter of the larger tank

Diameter = 2.5 * Standard Model

[tex]Diameter = 2.5 * 6m[/tex]

[tex]Diameter = 15m[/tex]

Answer:

diameter =8.1

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