There is 1.4 ounces of juice in 7 in3 of tangerines. If you have a sack of tangerines which each have a diameter of 2 inches, approximately how many tangerines do you need to make a 7 ounce glass of juice? (round to nearest whole number)
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The first thing you should do for this case is to know the volume of tangerines, which in this case is given by: V = (4/3) * (pi) * ((d / 2) ^ 3) The diameter of the tangerines is 2 inches V = (4/3) * (pi) * ((2/2) ^ 3) = 4.19 in ^ 3 Then, you must know by a rule of three how much in^3 of tangerines you need to have 7oz of juice. 1.4 ---> 7 7 ---> x Clearing x we have: x = (7 / 1.4) * (7) = 35 in ^ 3 It takes 35 in3 of tangerines to make 7 ounces of juice. Then, the number of tangerines will be: n = (35) / (4.19) = 8.35 nearest whole number: n = 9 answer you need 9 tangerines to make a 7 ounce glass of juice