SOLUTION: a group of students wants to make a fabric toy ball to donate to canine rescue. the diameter of the ball is 3 inches. Approximately how many square inches of fabric will they need

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Question 308594: a group of students wants to make a fabric toy ball to donate to canine rescue. the diameter of the ball is 3 inches. Approximately how many square inches of fabric will they need for each ball? surface area=4x(area of a great circle)
Answer by mananth(16949)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
diameter = 3 inches
surface area of ball = 4 * pi* r^2
surface area = 4*3.14 * 9
They need 113.04 square inches of fabric

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