SOLUTION: The area of a cross section of a sphere is 64\% of the largest possible cross sectional area of the sphere. If the sphere has radius 1/2, what is the area of the cross section?

Question 1210244: The area of a cross section of a sphere is 64\% of the largest possible cross sectional area of the sphere. If the sphere has radius 1/2, what is the area of the cross section?
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The great circle of the sphere is a circle with radius 1/2; its area is .

The area of the circle in this problem is 64% of the area of the great circle.

ANSWER:

Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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