Given that a right circular cylinder is inscribed within a sphere, what is the least possible volume (in cubic units) of the cylinder? (Hint: Consider various lengths for radius and altitude.) As the length of the radius or the altitude of the cylinder become smaller, the volume becomes ________ ( larger/ smaller) . Therefore the cylinder's volume will approach_______________   unit

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Given that a right circular cylinder is inscribed within a sphere, what is the least possible volume (in cubic units) of the cylinder? (Hint: Consider various lengths for radius and altitude.)

As the length of the radius or the altitude of the cylinder become smaller, the volume becomes ________ ( larger/ smaller) . Therefore the cylinder's volume will approach_______________   unit
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