suppose the peel of the orange is .5 cm thick. What volume of the orange is edible?

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suppose the peel of the orange is .5 cm thick. What volume of the orange is edible?

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It depends how big the orange is... the peel thickness won't tell us that.

Let's assume that it is 5cm diameter.

The orange peel reduces this to 4cm diameter, or 2cm radius.

The formula for finding the volume of a sphere is:

$\!V = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$

=4π2^3/3

=4π8/3

=32π/3 cm^3 is the exact value.

or for a "normal" number

≈33.5 cm^3

If your orange is a different size, just subsititute your dimensions in.

Will85237 Aug 13, 2014

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It depends how big the orange is... the peel thickness won't tell us that.

Let's assume that it is 5cm diameter.

The orange peel reduces this to 4cm diameter, or 2cm radius.

The formula for finding the volume of a sphere is:

$\!V = \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$

=4π2^3/3

=4π8/3

=32π/3 cm^3 is the exact value.

or for a "normal" number

≈33.5 cm^3

If your orange is a different size, just subsititute your dimensions in.

Will85237 Aug 13, 2014

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