Finding surface area and volume of a sphere using only Pappus' Centroid TheoremI wonder if it is possible to derive surface area and volume of a sphere seperately using techniques involving pappus' theorem.I did some calculation and found out the ratio of surface area and volume. Here is my work,1. My key observation is finding out that the centroid of a semidisk of raidus r is also the centroid of a semicircle of raidus 2 r / 3 when the centers coincide. (By "centers" I mean the centers of full circle and disc induced by half of them.)2. I sliced the semidisk identical pieces of triangles(infinitely many) and by locating each triangle's centroid I form a semicircle of radius 2 r / 3 which must have the same centroid with semidisk.3. Then let's say our centroid is located h distance above the center. We still don't know it.4. Using the theorem, the circular path taken by the centroid of the semidisk times the area of the centroid should give the volume of the sphere of radius r. And similarly, the circular path taken by the same centroid of the semicircle times the arc length of semicircle should give the surface area of a sphere of radius 2r/3.5. We know that when the radius increases with a proportion, corresponding surface area will also increase with the square of that proportion. Thus, we need to multiply the surface area of sphere of radius 2r/3 by the factor 9/4 to get the surface area of the sphere of radius r.Here is the calculations, V = 2 π h ∗ π r 2 / 2 = π 2 r 2 h S = 9 / 4 ∗ 2 π h ∗ π ( 2 r / 3 ) = 3 π 2 r hSince we don't know h, I simply divide them to cancel it out and get, V / S = r / 3.

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Finding surface area and volume of a sphere using only Pappus&#039; Centroid TheoremI wonder if it is possible to derive surface area and volume of a sphere seperately using techniques involving pappus&#039; theorem.I did some calculation and found out the ratio of surface area and volume. Here is my work,1. My key observation is finding out that the centroid of a semidisk of raidus r is also the centroid of a semicircle of raidus   2  r      /    3 when the centers coincide. (By &quot;centers&quot; I mean the centers of full circle and disc induced by half of them.)2. I sliced the semidisk identical pieces of triangles(infinitely many) and by locating each triangle&#039;s centroid I form a semicircle of radius   2  r      /    3 which must have the same centroid with semidisk.3. Then let&#039;s say our centroid is located h distance above the center. We still don&#039;t know it.4. Using the theorem, the circular path taken by the centroid of the semidisk times the area of the centroid should give the volume of the sphere of radius r. And similarly, the circular path taken by the same centroid of the semicircle times the arc length of semicircle should give the surface area of a sphere of radius 2r/3.5. We know that when the radius increases with a proportion, corresponding surface area will also increase with the square of that proportion. Thus, we need to multiply the surface area of sphere of radius 2r/3 by the factor 9/4 to get the surface area of the sphere of radius r.Here is the calculations,  V  =  2  π  h  ∗  π      r    2        /    2  =      π    2        r    2    h  S  =  9      /    4  ∗  2  π  h  ∗  π  (  2  r      /    3  )  =  3      π    2    r  hSince we don&#039;t know h, I simply divide them to cancel it out and get,   V      /    S  =  r      /    3.

Kaya Kemp · Accepted Answer

Step 1The centroid of semi-circle should be                     4        r                    3        π             from the origin.So the volume is   V  =  2  π  ×            4      r              3      π        ×            π              r        2              2    =      4    3    π      r    3  .Step 2The centroid of semi-circular arc should be                     2        r            π       rom the origin.So the surface area is   S  =  2  π  ×            2      r        π    ×  π  r  =  4  π      r    2  .

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