PUZZLE!

[Ken Thompson]

This is just a wild guess, I'm not real good at these.

If the hole is of a very small diameter that would make the sphere 6 inches in diameter.  

If the sphere is 6" in diameter than the resulting volume would be...4/3 x pi x r cubed  or  113.09733552924001

That's the best I can do on short notice, with my minimal remaining brain cells.

Ken
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Atwood, Mark 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:12 PM
  Subject: PUZZLE!


  Ok.this is by no means Airplane related, but it seems to me that with all the engineers that solicit this list-serve, we could have some fun with a few puzzles.  So since it's slow (While we wait for the worlds to start next week) I thought I'd post a fun one.

   

  Imagine a Sphere that has a cylindrical hole bored through the center, the diameter of which results in the remaining hole being 6 inches long.  What is the volume of the remaining material in the sphere??

   

  And yes, you have enough information, and yes, I'm looking for a numerical, absolute answer!!

   

  -Mark
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