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How to find the volume of a quarter-sphere?

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As the word suggests, a quarter-sphere is a quarter of a sphere, and thus the volume of a quarter-sphere is a quarter of the volume of the sphere.

The volume of a sphere is computed as


(4)/(3) \pi r^3

So, the volume of a quarter-sphere is


(1)/(4)\cdot (4)/(3) \pi r^3 = (1)/(3) \pi r^3

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