SOLUTION: The earth is approximately a sphere. It's diameternal is about 12 730km. Water covers approximately 66% of the earth's surface. How many squart kilometres of land cover the earth?
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Question 1036888: The earth is approximately a sphere. It's diameternal is about 12 730km. Water covers approximately 66% of the earth's surface. How many squart kilometres of land cover the earth?
Thank you! Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Area of a sphere=4*pi*r^2; r= (1/2)d=6365 km
Area of land is that result *0.34=173,095,428 km^2
