Cube and sphere!

Geometry Level 3

If a sphere and a cube has equal volume then find the ratio of the surface areas of sphere to cube upto 3 decimal places.


The answer is 0.805.

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1 solution

Sravanth C.
Feb 18, 2016

Let us say the radius of the sphere is r r and the side of the cube is l l . According to the question: 4 3 π r 3 = l 3 l = 4 3 π r 3 3 \dfrac 43 \pi r^3=l^3\\l=\sqrt[3]{\dfrac 43 \pi r^3}

Now the ratio of the surface areas of the sphere to cube will be: 4 π r 2 6 l 2 = 4 π r 2 6 × ( 4 3 π r 3 ) 2 3 = 4 × π 1 3 6 × ( 4 3 ) 2 3 0.8.059 \dfrac{4\pi r^2}{6l^2}=\dfrac{4\pi r^2}{6\times \left(\dfrac 43 \pi r^3\right)^{\frac 23}}\\=\dfrac{4\times \pi^\frac 13}{6\times \left(\dfrac 43\right)^\frac 23}\approx\boxed{0.8.059}

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