What Percentage of a Sphere's Surface Area is in Contact with the Surface?

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The discussion clarifies that when a sphere is placed on a surface, only one point of the sphere is in contact with that surface, resulting in 0% of the sphere's surface area being in contact. This conclusion is based on the geometric properties of a sphere, where the contact area is effectively a point, leading to an area of 0. Thus, the entire surface area of the sphere remains uncontacted except for that singular point.

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This may sound stupid but what percantage of the surface area of a sphere is in contact with the surface it is on?
 
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0%, only one point is in contact. The area of the contact surface is 0.
 

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