Anyone for golf?

A golf ball is packed into a cubical box so that it just fits. What percentage of the box is unfilled?

Originally posted by phgao
A golf ball is packed into a cubical box so that it just fits. What percentage of the box is unfilled?

volume of the ball: 4/3*pi*r^3
volume of the box: 8r^3

fraction unoccupied: 1- 4/3*pi/8= 1 - pi/6 = 48% approx.

Originally posted by Mephisto2
volume of the ball: 4/3*pi*r^3
volume of the box: 8r^3

fraction unoccupied: 1- 4/3*pi/8= 1 - pi/6 = 48% approx.

what about the dimples on the ball making it not perfectly spherical

lol

Originally posted by villa68
what about the dimples on the ball making it not perfectly spherical

lol

You tell us? 😛

Originally posted by villa68
what about the dimples on the ball making it not perfectly spherical

lol

Pity he's not a snooker fan.

Originally posted by Bowmann
Pity he's not a snooker fan.

Who is 'he'?

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Who is 'he'?

Hag Op.

Do you always have such difficulty grasping the obvious?

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Who is 'he'?

He thinks therefore he is.

Originally posted by jimslyp69
He thinks therefore he is.

Most posters here fail to manage the think part.