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Example Question #1233 : Intermediate Geometry
A sphere with a radius of is cut out of a cube that has a side length of . What is the volume of the resulting figure?
Since the cube is bigger, we will be subtracting the volume of the sphere from the volume of the cube.
Start by recalling how to find the volume of a sphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the volume.
Next, recall how to find the volume of a cube:
Plug in the given side length to find the volume of the cube.
Finally, subtract the volume of the sphere from the volume of the cube.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #1234 : Intermediate Geometry
A sphere with a radius of is cut out of a cube that has a side length of . What is the volume of the resulting figure?
Since the cube is bigger, we will be subtracting the volume of the sphere from the volume of the cube.
Start by recalling how to find the volume of a sphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the volume.
Next, recall how to find the volume of a cube:
Plug in the given side length to find the volume of the cube.
Finally, subtract the volume of the sphere from the volume of the cube.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #1235 : Intermediate Geometry
A sphere with a radius of is cut out of a cube that has a side length of . What is the volume of the resulting figure?
Since the cube is bigger, we will be subtracting the volume of the sphere from the volume of the cube.
Start by recalling how to find the volume of a sphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the volume.
Next, recall how to find the volume of a cube:
Plug in the given side length to find the volume of the cube.
Finally, subtract the volume of the sphere from the volume of the cube.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #31 : Spheres
True or false: A sphere with radius 1 has volume .
True
False
True
Given radius , the volume of a sphere can be calculated according to the formula
Set :
The statement is true.
Example Question #32 : Spheres
What is the volume of a sphere with surface area 1,000 square centimeters?
Use the surface area formula to find the radius, then use the volume formula to find the volume.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere
The diameter of a sphere is . What is the sphere's surface area?
The equation to find the surface area of a sphere is:
The only information required to solve for the area is the radius. This information is given to us in a sense. If the diameter of the sphere is , the radius must be . This is because the radius is equivalent to half of the diameter.
Now that we know the radius, we can solve for the area by substituting in for the value of , the radius.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere
If the radius of a sphere is , what is the sphere's surface area?
Write the formula for surface area of a sphere:
Plug in the value of radius and solve for the surface area:
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere
The diameter of a sphere is . What is its surface area?
The surface area of a sphere is given by the equation:
The only given information is the diameter: . In order to solve for the surface area, the only necessary information is the radius. The missing variable (radius) can be calculated through the given diameter because diameter is twice the length of the radius. That is:
Using that information, radius can be solved for by
Given that the radius is , this value can be substituted in to solve for the final surface area:
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere
Find the surface area of a sphere with a circumference of .
The formula for the surface area of a sphere is simply
However, the problem is that we are given the circumference rather than the radius. Nonetheless, this isn't too big of an obstacle, as the formula for circumference in terms of radius is simply.
Substituting or value gives
Solving for the radius gives
We can then substitute this value into our formula for surface area.
Therefore, our surface area is
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere
If the radius of a sphere is , what is the surface area of the sphere?
Write the equation for the surface area of a sphere.
Substitute the radius and find the area.
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