SOLUTION: If a rectangular solid (4x5x7) is inscribed in a sphere, what is the radius of the sphere? (Is the diameter the diagonal of the rectangular solid? I know it would be if the rectan
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Question 110359: If a rectangular solid (4x5x7) is inscribed in a sphere, what is the radius of the sphere? (Is the diameter the diagonal of the rectangular solid? I know it would be if the rectangular solid were a cube.) If so, I got the radius to be 4.7434.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That looks right to me, it doesn't have to be a cube, a properly positioned rectangle's diagonal should pass the through the center of the sphere also
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