148k views
5 votes
Find the radius of the ball if it has surface area of 60 pi square inches

Find the radius of the ball if it has surface area of 60 pi square inches-example-1
User TheMook
by
4.6k points

1 Answer

5 votes

Step-by-step explanation

We will use the surface area formula for a sphere to find the radius:


\begin{gathered} S=4\pi *r^2 \\ \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} 60\pi=4\pi *r^2 \\ (60\pi)/(4\pi)=r^2 \\ 15=r^2 \\ √(15)=r \end{gathered}

Answer


√(15)\text{ In}

User DCJones
by
5.2k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.