A spherical ball of radius 3 cm is melted and recast into three spherical balls. The radii of the two of the balls are 1.5 cm and 2 cm respectively. Determine the diameter of the third ball.

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Solution

We have one spherical ball of radius 3 cm

So, its volume …… (a)

It is melted and made into 3 balls.
The first ball has radius 1.5 cm

So, its volume …… (b)

The second ball has radius 2 cm

So, its volume …… (c)

We have to find the radius of the third ball.
Let the radius of the third ball be

The volume of this third ball …… (d)

We know that the sum of the volumes of the 3 balls formed should be equal to the volume of the given spherical ball.

Using equations (a), (b), (c) and (d)

Hence the diameter of the third ball should be 5 cm

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