The height of a tube of micro N&N candies is 10 cm and has a diameter of 3 cm. Each N&N is a sphere coated with 1.2 cm^2 of a vegan candy coating. a. What is the volume of an empty N&N tube? b. What is the radius of a single N&N candy? C. If there are 500 N&NS in the tube when you buy it, and you eat 250, what is the empty volume of the N&N tube (the volume not occupied by N&N candies)?

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The height of a tube of micro N&N candies is 10 cm and has a diameter of 3 cm. Each N&N is a sphere coated with 1.2 cm^2 of a vegan candy coating.

a. What is the volume of an empty N&N tube?
b. What is the radius of a single N&N candy?
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If there are 500 N&NS in the tube when you buy it, and you eat 250, what is the empty volume of the N&N tube (the volume not occupied by N&N candies)?

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