You need three pieces of information to solve this problem:
  • The radius of a chocolate orange is 3.2 centimetres
  • There are 20 wedges
  • The formula for the volume of a sphere is (4/3)πr3
Can you calculate the volume of each wedge?

Solution:

The central angle θ of each wedge is 360°÷ 20 = 18°
This makes up θ/360 or 18/360 of a full sphere
The formula for the volume of one wedge will be
V = (θ/360)(4/3)πr3
V = (18/360)(4/3)π(3.2)3
V = 6.9 cm3

Alternate answer: find the volume of the sphere and divide by 20


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