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Suppose the radius is normally distributed, and is a random varable X. The mass will be proportional to the volume, which increases with the cube of the radius
by untunedtheramin 9y ago
Suppose the radius is normally distributed, and is a random varable X. The mass will be proportional to the volume, which increases with the cube of the radius, so the mass will be a random variable kX^3 (k = 4/3 x pi x density here). X and kX^3 won't have the same distribution.