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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hi Im am not sure how to find the area of cross sections. One particular problem had me confused. Here it is, A sphere w/ radius 5 is cut by a plane 3cm from the top. Find the area of the resulting cross section. Please someone help me i really need to learn this. thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find AB, which will be the diameter of the circle formed by the cross section.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but it is a sphere

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So what? The dimensions I showed above hold.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so i can use Pythagorean method to solve for the radius, correct ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Correct.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you so much!

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