Intermediate Geometry : Intermediate Geometry

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Intermediate Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Radius Of A Sphere

If the volume of a sphere is , what is the sphere's exact radius?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the formula for the volume of a sphere:

Plug in the given volume and solve for the radius, .

Start by multiplying each side of the equation by :

Now, divide each side of the equation by :

Finally, take the cubed root of each side of the equation:

Example Question #5 : How To Find The Radius Of A Sphere

Given the volume of a sphere is , what is the radius?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The equation for the volume of a sphere is:

, where  is the length of the sphere's radius.

Plug in the given volume and solve for  to calculate the sphere's radius:

 

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Radius Of A Sphere

If the volume of a sphere is , what is the radius of the sphere?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the volume of a sphere is:

, where  is the sphere's radius.

Plug in the volume and solve for , the sphere's radius:

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Radius Of A Sphere

Find the radius of a sphere if the surface area is .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the surface area of a sphere is:

Substitute the given value for the sphere's surface area into the equation and solve for  to find the radius:

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Radius Of A Sphere

Find the radius of a sphere if its surface area is .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The surface area formula for a sphere is:

, where  is the sphere's radius.

Substitute the given value for the sphere's area into the equation and solve for  to find the radius:

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Formula

What is the midpoint between and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The midpoint is given by taking the mean, or average, of the and coordinates separately.

Let  and 

So the midpoint formula becomes  and 

So the midpoint is

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Formula

What is the midpoint of a line segment connecting the points  and 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the midpoint formula:

Example Question #2 : Midpoint Formula

Given two points  and  and a line segment that connects the two.

What is the midpoint of the line segment? Addtionally, what is the length of the line segment?

Possible Answers:

Midpoint:

Length:

Midpoint:

Length:

Midpoint:

Length:

Midpoint:

Length:

Midpoint:

Length:

Correct answer:

Midpoint:

Length:

Explanation:

The midpoint formula is as follows:

This makes sense; it is as simple as the average of the  and  components of each point.

For this problem, .

So the midpoint is

 

The distance formula is as follows:

The order you put the first and second components of each point does NOT matter, when a positive or negative number is squared, it will always come out positive.        

 

So the distance is

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Midpoint Of A Line Segment

Find the midpoint of a line segment going from  to .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the midpoint of a line segment, you must find the mean of the x values and the mean of the y values.

Our x values are  and  to find their mean, we do .

Our y values are  and , so our mean is . Therefore, our midpoint must be .

Example Question #2 : Coordinate Geometry

Find the coordinate of the midpoint of the line segment connecting the pair of points

 and .

Possible Answers:

Cannot be determined

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The coordinate of the midpoint of the line segment connecting a pair of points is

So for the pair of points  and ,

we get:

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