4 Responses to “Three golf balls fit snugly in a rectangular box. What fraction of the space in the box do they occupy?”

1. Bung 2 on April 27th, 2010 7:52 am
   

   Exactly the same ratio as that between a sphere and a cube have a side of the same length as the diameter of the sphere.
   The ratio is : 4/3 x pi x r x r divided by d x d x d.
2. como on April 27th, 2010 7:52 am
   

   Some dimensions would be useful would they not ? !
3. Valley R on April 27th, 2010 7:52 am
   

   128/146
4. OllieCheese on April 27th, 2010 7:52 am
   

   hmm. i don’t quite understand how three balls can fit snugly in a box but think of it this way, if you have one golf ball that fits snugly in a square box then one half of the box is occupied

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