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Surface Area of Spheres. Return to table of contents. A sphere is the set of all points that are the same distance from the center point. Like a circle, a sphere has a radius and a diameter. You will see that like a circle, the formula for surface area of a sphere also includes pi.
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Surface Area of Spheres Return to table of contents
A sphere is the set of all points that are the same distance from the center point. Like a circle, a sphere has a radius and a diameter. You will see that like a circle, the formula for surface area of a sphere also includes pi. Surface Area of a Sphere 4r2 click to reveal Radius
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