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Find the area of the cross section through the center of the sphere. Use 3.14 for pi.

Find the area of the cross section through the center of the sphere. Use 3.14 for-example-1

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The cross section is a circle with radius 5in


\begin{gathered} \text{area = }\pi* r^2 \\ \text{since r=5in.} \\ \text{Then} \\ \text{area =3.14}*5*5=78.5\text{ square inches} \end{gathered}

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