document.write( "Question 1203312: The area of a zone is 50.265 sq. cm. if the altitude of the zone is 2 cm, solve the surface area of the sphere. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #838756 by math_tutor2020(3817)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "According to Wolfram MathWorld, \n" ); document.write( "https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Zone.html \n" ); document.write( "A zone is like a partial bit of the sphere's surface. We can think of it like a small piece of an orange peel. That link marks the zone in blue.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here's another article talking about the topic \n" ); document.write( "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_segment \n" ); document.write( "A spherical segment is a wedge-shaped 3D solid that forms after making those two parallel cuts of the sphere. The zone is then the outer surface area. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "On either page is the formula \n" ); document.write( "pi = 3.14 approximately (use more decimal digits of pi to get better accuracy) \n" ); document.write( "R = radius of the sphere \n" ); document.write( "h = height aka altitude \n" ); document.write( "S = surface area of the zone\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In this case we are given \n" ); document.write( "S = 50.265 \n" ); document.write( "h = 2\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We'll use those items to find the radius R. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now we can determine the surface area of the sphere \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The surface area of the entire sphere is approximately 201.16005 square cm.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In a real life example, this would be the entire orange peel (as opposed to the small piece of it mentioned earlier). \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |