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Example Questions
Example Question #11 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Sphere
Find the surface area of a hemisphere with a radius of .
In order to find the area of a hemisphere, which is just half a sphere, you will need to first find half the surface area of the sphere.
Recall how to find the surface area of a sphere:
, where is the radius.
Now, since the sphere is cut in half, it also has a circle as its base.
Recall how to find the area of a circle:
Now add together half the surface area of a sphere with the area of the circular base to find the surface area of a hemisphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the surface area.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #51 : Spheres
Find the surface area of a hemisphere with a radius of .
In order to find the area of a hemisphere, which is just half a sphere, you will need to first find half the surface area of the sphere.
Recall how to find the surface area of a sphere:
, where is the radius.
Now, since the sphere is cut in half, it also has a circle as its base.
Recall how to find the area of a circle:
Now add together half the surface area of a sphere with the area of the circular base to find the surface area of a hemisphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the surface area.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #55 : Spheres
Find the surface area of a hemisphere with a radius of .
In order to find the area of a hemisphere, which is just half a sphere, you will need to first find half the surface area of the sphere.
Recall how to find the surface area of a sphere:
, where is the radius.
Now, since the sphere is cut in half, it also has a circle as its base.
Recall how to find the area of a circle:
Now add together half the surface area of a sphere with the area of the circular base to find the surface area of a hemisphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the surface area.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #56 : Spheres
Find the surface area of a hemisphere that has a radius of .
In order to find the area of a hemisphere, which is just half a sphere, you will need to first find half the surface area of the sphere.
Recall how to find the surface area of a sphere:
, where is the radius.
Now, since the sphere is cut in half, it also has a circle as its base.
Recall how to find the area of a circle:
Now add together half the surface area of a sphere with the area of the circular base to find the surface area of a hemisphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the surface area.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #291 : Solid Geometry
Find the surface area of a hemisphere that has a radius of .
In order to find the area of a hemisphere, which is just half a sphere, you will need to first find half the surface area of the sphere.
Recall how to find the surface area of a sphere:
, where is the radius.
Now, since the sphere is cut in half, it also has a circle as its base.
Recall how to find the area of a circle:
Now add together half the surface area of a sphere with the area of the circular base to find the surface area of a hemisphere.
Plug in the given radius to find the surface area.
Make sure to round to places after the decimal.
Example Question #52 : Spheres
True or false: A sphere with radius 1 has surface area .
True
False
False
Given radius , the surface area of a sphere can be calculated according to the formula
Set :
The statement is false.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Diameter Of A Sphere
The surface area of a sphere is . What is the diameter of the sphere?
The surface area of a sphere is given by
So the equation to sovle becomes or so
To answer the question we need to find the diameter:
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Diameter Of A Sphere
If the volume of a sphere is , what is the sphere's diameter?
Write the formula for the volume of a sphere:
Plug in the volume and find the radius by solving for :
Start solving for by multiplying both sides of the equation by :
Now, divide each side of the equation by :
Reduce the left side of the equation:
Finally, take the cubed root of both sides of the equation:
Keep in mind that you've solved for the radius, not the diameter. The diameter is double the radius, which is: .
Example Question #61 : Spheres
The circumference of a sphere is . Find the radius.
If the circumference of a sphere is , that means we can easily solve for the diameter by using . This is the equation to find the circumference.
By substituting in the value for circumference (), we can solve for the missing variable :
To find the radius of the sphere, we need to divide this value by :
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Diameter Of A Sphere
Find the diameter of a sphere if the volume is .
Write the formula for the volume of a sphere.
Plug in the given volume and solve for the radius.
The diameter is double the radius.