SOLUTION: How many spherical degrees are there in a lune which is 1/5 the area of the sphere on which it is drawn?

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Question 1026622: How many spherical degrees are there in a lune which is 1/5 the area of the sphere on which it is drawn?
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How many spherical degrees are there in a lune which is 1/5 the area of the sphere on which it is drawn?
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Answer. 360%2F5 = 72 spherical degrees.


To learn what the spherical lune is see this web-page

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalLune.html