SOLUTION: a sphere has a volume of 4500pi cubic inches. find the surface area of the sphere.

Question 878968: a sphere has a volume of 4500pi cubic inches. find the surface area of the sphere.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Handy Formulas (memorize them or have them on a sheet of paper for reference)

Volume of Sphere:

Surface Area of Sphere:

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First start with the volume of a sphere and use the given volume to solve for the radius r.

So the radius of this sphere is 15 inches.

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Now we use this radius to find the surface area

<--- Exact Surface Area

<--- Approximate Surface Area (based on the approximation )
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