Three Golf Balls Fit Snugly In A Rectangular Box. What Fraction Of The Space In The Box Do They Occupy?

4 Comments

1. Bung 2
   Posted October 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

   hmm. i don’t quite understand how three balls can fit snugly in a box but think of it this way, if you have one golf ball that fits snugly in a square box then one half of the box is occupied

2. Henry L
   Posted October 16, 2009 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

   Exactly the same ratio as that between a sphere and a cube have a side of the same length as the diameter of the sphere.
   The ratio is : 4/3 x pi x r x r divided by d x d x d.

3. OllieChe
   Posted October 16, 2009 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

   Some dimensions would be useful would they not ? !

4. como
   Posted October 16, 2009 at 9:23 pm | Permalink

   128/146