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From: tainter@ihlpg.UUCP (Tainter)
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Subject: Re: Re: Trivial Pursuit errors?
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 11:24:52 EST
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>> "What surface area do you get when you slice a solid sphere?"
>> The answer given is "a circle" which is incorrect for several reasons.
>> How many can you name?
> It is assumed they mean the cross-sectional view.
> Some resons why this is incorrect:
> 	1) they assume you are slicing it through the center
    WHY? Except for tangents a plane through a sphere forms a circle, thus
encompasses a circular disc.
> 	2) the answer should read "that of" 'a circle' "with equal radius"
    Do you mean "with equal radius" to that of the sphere?
    This is the fallacius assumption of 1).
> 	3) the obvoius one that is pointed out in my immediate assumption,
> 		they mean only the cross-section.
> 		you yould get 1/2 the outer surface area + the circle's area
    AGAIN assumes center to get 1/2.
> 	4) all of the above assume that you discard the other half of the
> 		sphere after you cut it.
    Which also got rid of the second circular disc surface on that half.
> 						Gryphon
    5) it is assumed that "slicing" a sphere means passing a plane through it
--johnathan a. tainter
P.S.  This question is not so much WRONG as it is excessively loose with
      geometric vocabulary.
This poster is not so much WRONG as he is excessively loose in
a computer environment.