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What size does the radius of a sphere need to be for its volume to be larger than its surface area? HINT! It is less than 10. HINT! It is NOT a whole number. If you can show me a whole number for a radius where the surface area and volume are equal, then any radius bigger than that will have a larger volume.

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The formula for the surface area of a sphere is 4 x pi x radius^2
The formula for the volume of a sphere is 4/3 x pi x radius^3.

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The volume will be larger than the surface area for any
r satisfying the inequality


\frac43\pi r^3>4\pi r^2

Since
r>0 must be true, we can divide through by
4\pi r^2 to get


\frac13r>1\implies r>3

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