Question:
The diameter of a sphere is 6 cm. It is melted and drawn in to a wire of diameter 2 mm. The length of the wire is
(a) 12 m
(b) 18 m
(c) 36 m
(d) 66 m
Solution:
The diameter of a sphere = 6 cm
Then radius of a sphere $=\frac{6}{2} \mathrm{~cm}=3 \mathrm{~cm}$
The diameter of a wire = 2 mm
Then radius of wire $=1 \mathrm{~mm}=0.1 \mathrm{~cm}$
Now,
Volume of sphere = volume of wire
Here,
r = radius
l = length of wire
$\frac{4}{3} \times 3 \times 3 \times 2=0.1 \times 0.1 \times 1$
$36=0.01 l$
$l=\frac{36}{0.01}$
To remove the decimal from base we should multiply both numerator and denumerator by 100,
We get,
$l=3600=36 \mathrm{~m}$
Hence, the correct answer is choice (c).