SOLUTION: A spherical triangle on a sphere has an area of 419 sq.m. Find the radius of the sphere if the spherical excess of the triangle is 60 degrees.

Question 1117513: A spherical triangle on a sphere has an area of 419 sq.m. Find the radius of the sphere if the spherical excess of the triangle is 60 degrees.
Answer by ikleyn(52784) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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On a sphere of a radius R, the spherical area of a triangle 


Spherical Area = ,


where A, B and C are spherical angles of the triangle in radians and the value    is called  

"the spherical excess of the triangle"  (see the link  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalTriangle.html ).


So, from the given data,   =  =  = 400.3185.


Therefore, the radius of the sphere is about   = 20 meters.

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