A spherical weather balloon is designed to inflate to a maximum diameter of 6.0 m at its working altitude, where the air pressure is 0.370 atm and the temperature is 189.0 K. If the balloon is filled at atmospheric pressure and temperature 264.0 K, what is its radius at lift-off?

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A spherical weather balloon is designed to inflate to a maximum diameter of 6.0 m at its working altitude, where the air pressure is 0.370 atm and the temperature is 189.0 K. If the balloon is filled at atmospheric pressure and temperature 264.0 K, what is its radius at lift-off?

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