A spherical snowball is melting and its radius decreases from 7 cm to 6.8 cm. Its approximate change in volume is 123.2 cm³.
The approximated value can be obtained using derivative approach.
The volume of the sphere is given by:
V = 4/3 πr³
dV/dr = 4 . πr²
Suppose the change of the radius is Δr, using the above derivative, the change of volume can be approximated as:
ΔV = 4 . πr² Δr
Parameters given:
r = 7 cm
Δr = 7 - 6.8 = 0.2 cm
Hence,
ΔV = 4 . π7² (0.2)
ΔV = 4 . π7² (0.2)
ΔV = 123.2 cm³
Therefore, the approximate change in volume is 123.2 cm³
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