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paulb203

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What is the surface area of a circle?

Not the area of a circle, but the surface area of a circle.

Bob

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Re: What is the surface area of a circle?

?? Surface area is the same as area for a circle.  How did this question arise?

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KerimF

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Re: What is the surface area of a circle?

Perhaps he meant the surface area of a sphere which is 4*pi*R^2.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: What is the surface area of a circle?

Hi paulb203,

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amnkb

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Re: What is the surface area of a circle?

Not the area of a circle, but the surface area of a circle.

a circle is in the plane so it's flat
It doesnt have a 'surface' to have an area of