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Chapter 11 Surface Area and Volume

11.6

Essential Understanding

You can find the surface area and volume of a sphere when you know its radius

Objectives

Students will be able to find the surface area and volume of a sphere

Sphere

Set of all points in space equidistant from a given point called the center

Great Circle

Cross Section of a sphere will be a circle

If the center of the circle is also the center of the sphere it is called a great circle

Circumference of a great circle is the circumference of the sphere

A great circle divides a sphere into two hemispheres

Surface Area

SA = 4πr2

Volume

V = 4/3 πr3

Homework

Pg. 737

#6 – 24 even, 30, 34, 40

12 problems