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Solid geometry word problems

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Problem

Manuel bought a balloon (that is a perfect sphere) with a radius of 2 cm. He wanted his balloon to be bigger, so he blew 2 big breaths of air into the balloon. Each big breath increased the balloon's radius by 1 cm.
What is the ratio of the current volume of the balloon to the original volume of the balloon?
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