From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!teklabs!tekmdp!azure!randals@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.math,net.games Title: six-inch hole Article-I.D.: azure.1081 Posted: Wed Jul 28 11:43:39 1982 Received: Mon Aug 2 01:03:10 1982 A puzzle for you to play with: A hole six inches long is drilled clear through the center of a solid sphere. What is the volume of the material remaining? After getting your answer (and I haven't left anything out), try to give a physical explanation and/or interpretation of the suprising result. Randal L. Schwartz Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products Beaverton, Oregon, USA UUCP: ...!{ucbvax or decvax}!teklabs!tekmdp!randals (ignore return address) CSNET: teklabs!tekmdp!randals @ tektronix ARPA: teklabs!tekmdp!randals.tektronix @ udel-relay