SOLUTION: A sphere with the diameter 5 feet is being painted. How much more paint would be needed to paint a sphere that has four times the diameter?

Question 1033949: A sphere with the diameter 5 feet is being painted. How much more paint would be needed to paint a sphere that has four times the diameter?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of sphere,
but for diameter , area is .

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Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A sphere with the diameter 5 feet is being painted. How much more paint would be needed to paint a sphere that has four times the diameter?
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The surface area of the larger sphere is = 16 times the area of the smaller sphere.

Accordingly, the larger sphere requires 16 times the amount of paint for the smaller sphere.

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