A hole 6 inches long is drilled through a sphere of radius R to form a ring. (See the figure below; the ring is 6 inches high and 10 inches across, and R is 5 inches.)

Find an expression for the volume of the ring. Is there anything remarkable about this result?

Hint 1

The ring is a volume of revolution.

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