Showing posts with label formula volume of sphere. Show all posts
Showing posts with label formula volume of sphere. Show all posts

Thursday, June 20, 2013

How to find the volume of a sphere.

How to find the volume of a sphere

What is a sphere? You can think of a sphere as a circle in three dimensions. A sphere is perfectly symmetrical, does not have any vertices or corners, no edges. In addition, all of the points on a sphere are the same distance from the center.

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The formula for finding the volume of a sphere equals 4⁄3 πr^3  r =radius

 

volume of a sphere

 

 

Step 1. Plug 6 in the formula for the radius

 

Step 2. 4⁄3 π6^3 = 4⁄3 π216

 

Step 3. Multiply 4⁄3 x 216=( 4*216 )/3

 

Step 4 864/3 = 288π units^3