Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Appendix: A math puzzle. Imagine a solid sphere. Maybe the sphere is > made of plutonium. A drill bit is lowered onto the sphere, going right > through the center, centered on the center (that is, the drilled-out > core is not off-center in any way. What is left is a sphere with a > cylindrical section (and the two end caps) removed. The height of the > remaining part of the sphere is 10 centimeters. What is its volume? > > > --Tim May < First a wild guess then I'll go figure it out. I'm assuming that there is enough info to solve the thing and the diameter of the drill doesn't matter. So if we use an infinitesimal drill which leaves the height at 10 cm, the volume is 4/3 * pi * 10^3 cc ( ~523.6 cc ).
Mike
