Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Measurement and Geometry · hard
If the radius is multiplied by 4, by what factor does the volume of a sphere increase?
- 4 times
- 16 times
- 8 times
- 64 times
Answer
D. 64 times
Solution
Volume of a sphere depends on the cube of the length: 43 = 64.
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