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Surface Area of a Sphere

A sphere is a body bounded by a surface whose every point is equidistant (i.e. the same distance) from a fixed point,
called the centre. For example, a shot (a heavy iron ball) is a solid sphere and a tennis ball is a hollow sphere.

One-half of a sphere is called a hemisphere.

Archimedes discovered that a cylinder that circumscribes a sphere, as shown in the following diagram, has a curved surface
area equal to the surface area, S, of the sphere.

Example 32

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Solution:

Example 33

Solution:

Note:

We often use a circle to represent a sphere. The three-dimensional figure of a sphere is drawn by a circle and an ellipse as
illustrated above.

Key Terms

sphere, equidistant, hemisphere, surface area

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