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The Diameter of Earth is approximately 12 800 km.

a)Calculate the surface area of Earth, to the nearest square kilometre.

b)What assumptions did you make?

 Dec 2, 2014

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If you assume that the earth is approximately a sphere:

The formula for the surface area of a sphere is:  Area  =  4·π·r²

Find the radius of the earth by dividing its diameter by 2 and enter that value into the formula. 

 Dec 2, 2014
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If you assume that the earth is approximately a sphere:

The formula for the surface area of a sphere is:  Area  =  4·π·r²

Find the radius of the earth by dividing its diameter by 2 and enter that value into the formula. 

geno3141 Dec 2, 2014

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