From 5be3462ee1b6290fe0d8b5c0e83281779b68e777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sophia Mehdizadeh <sophia.mehdizadeh@colorado.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 16:50:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add a function to calculate volume

---
 src/geometry/sphere.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/geometry/sphere.py b/src/geometry/sphere.py
index e69de29..f28f307 100644
--- a/src/geometry/sphere.py
+++ b/src/geometry/sphere.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from math import pi
+
+
+def calculate_volume(r):
+    """ 
+    Calculate the volume of a sphere. 
+
+    This uses the standard mathematical calculation: 
+
+    $(4 * \pi r ^3) / 3$
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r : float, the radius 
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    float : the volume of the sphere
+    """
+
+    volume = (4 * pi * r **3) / 3
+    return volume
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