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Homework Statement
Find the surface area of a sphere whose volume is .2 m^3. For full credit, do it without finding the radius.
Homework Equations
This can be solved using
v= 4/3(pi)r^3 and sa= 4(pi)r^2, but my prof doesn't want that.
The Attempt at a Solution
so if you manipulate the volume and surface area formulas you can get that the sa:v ratio is 3/r, by cancelling the variables and such. I don't know where to go from there, though, even after reading about the surface area to volume ratio. I did solve the problem using regular math (I got 1.7 m^2) but I haven't been able to do anything else useful without solving for r.
Thanks in advance for any help.