SOLUTION: What is the furthest away that two points in space can be, if the first is on the surface of the sphere with center (1,-4,9) and radius 15 and the other is on the surface of the sp
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Question 912139: What is the furthest away that two points in space can be, if the first is on the surface of the sphere with center (1,-4,9) and radius 15 and the other is on the surface of the sphere with center (-3,10,-6) and radius sq root of 17?
The distance between two points in 3D space is given by the
formula:
We use that to find the distance between the centers (1,-4,9) and (-3,10,-6).
To that we must add the radius of each sphere, since that's how much further
apart the two points which are furthest apart are than the centers are apart.
Answer:
Edwin
