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Silly Sphere (Posted on 2005-12-27)

How can you get the volume of a sphere by combining the following items:
A tasty dessert
A popular Star Wars character
An important part of elementary education 100 years ago
A few mathematical operators

Submitted by Larry

Rating: 4.3333 (3 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Pi
R2D2 = R^2 * D^2 = 4*R^4
The three R's (Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic), or 3*R

(4*Pi*R^4) / (3*R) = (4/3) Pi R^3

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Subject	Author	Date
Answer	Math Man	2011-12-12 13:02:12
Confusing	Wendy	2006-02-20 09:49:10
re(2): to Hugo and pcbouhud	Vernon Lewis	2005-12-30 13:16:10
re: to Hugo and pcbouhud	pcbouhid	2005-12-27 20:22:18
to Hugo and pcbouhud	Vernon Lewis	2005-12-27 18:13:12
re(3): my guess	Hugo	2005-12-27 16:20:32
re(2): my guess	pcbouhid	2005-12-27 15:49:35
re: my guess	Hugo	2005-12-27 15:35:33
my guess	pcbouhid	2005-12-27 08:58:44

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