A bowling ball manufacturer ships 8 bowling balls in a cubic box with edge length 17 inches, as shown. The bowling balls that are packaged are all the same size and are tangent to each other and the side of the box. To ensure the bowling balls and prevent any damage during shipping, finely shredded paper is blown into all of the space that is not taken up by the bowling balls. Which of the following is closest to the total volume, in cubic inches, of finely shredded paper that will be needed to completely fill the box of bowling balls to prepare for shipping?

Design an er diagram for keeping track of information about votes taken in the u.s. house of representatives during the current two-year congressional session. the database needs to keep track of each u.s. state's name (e.g., texas', new york', california') and include the region of the state (whose domain is {northeast', midwest', southeast', southwest', west'}). each congress person in the house of representatives is described by his or her name, plus the district represented, the start date when the congressperson was first elected, and the political party to which he or she belongs (whose domain is {republican', democrat', 'independent', other'}). the database keeps track of each bill (i.e., proposed law), including the bill name, the date of vote on the bill, whether the bill passed or failed (whose domain is {yes', no'}), and the sponsor (the congressperson(s) who sponsored - that is, proposed - the bill). the database also keeps track of how each congressperson voted on each bill (domain of vote attribute is {yes', no', abstain', absent'}). additional information: