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Calculate the ratio of the surface areas of a sphere and a cube where the sphere and the cube both contain the same volume.  Can you prove that a sphere is the most efficient container? (Prove that a sphere is the container that has the minimum surface area containing any given volume.)

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Created at 08/09/2010 01:41 PM by John Rowland
Last modified at 08/09/2010 04:37 PM by John Rowland