1. **Problem:** Find the largest volume of a cube that can be enclosed in a sphere of diameter 2 cm.
2. **Understanding the problem:** The cube is inscribed inside the sphere, so the sphere touches all vertices of the cube.
3. **Formula:** The diagonal of the cube equals the diameter of the sphere.
4. Let the edge length of the cube be $a$. The space diagonal of a cube is given by:
$$\text{diagonal} = a\sqrt{3}$$
5. Since the cube is inscribed in the sphere, the diagonal equals the diameter of the sphere:
$$a\sqrt{3} = 2$$
6. Solve for $a$:
$$a = \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}$$
7. Volume of the cube is:
$$V = a^3 = \left(\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}\right)^3 = \frac{8 \times 3\sqrt{3}}{27} = \frac{8\sqrt{3}}{9}$$
8. Simplify the volume:
$$\frac{8\sqrt{3}}{9} = \frac{8}{3\sqrt{3}}$$
9. **Answer:** The largest volume of the cube is $\boxed{\frac{8}{3\sqrt{3}}}$ cm³.
This corresponds to option (4).
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