SOLUTION: What is the name of the cross section formed when a plane intersects a sphere so that the plane passes through the center of the sphere? Use a complete sentence to answer the quest
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Question 1018109: What is the name of the cross section formed when a plane intersects a sphere so that the plane passes through the center of the sphere? Use a complete sentence to answer the question.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Picture a piece of paper slicing a ball right thru the middle...
Can you see that half the ball will be above the paper and half below?
The intersection is the ball's great circle.
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