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Sphere

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A Sphere

A sphere is a round, three-dimensional shape. All points on the edge of the sphere are at the same distance from the center. The distance from the center is called the radius of the sphere. A real-world sphere is called a globe if it is large (such as the Earth), and as a ball if it is small, like an association football.

Common things that have the shape of a sphere are basketballs, superballs, DragonBalls and playground balls. The Earth and the Sun are nearly spherical, meaning sphere-shaped.

A sphere is the three-dimensional analog of a circle.

Calculating measures of a sphere

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Surface area

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Using the circumference:

Using the diameter:

Using the radius:

Using the volume:

Circumference

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Using the surface area:

Using the diameter:

Using the radius:

Using the volume:

Diameter

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Using the surface area:

Using the circumference:

Using the radius:

Using the volume:

Using the surface area:

Using the circumference:

Using the diameter:

Using the volume:

Using the surface area:

Using the circumference:

Using the diameter:

Using the radius:

Equation of a sphere

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In Cartesian coordinates, the equation for a sphere with a center at is as follows:

where is the radius of the sphere.

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