The Ratio of Surface Area to Volume for a Cube and a Sphere

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length
6.
length is
cube's side
sphere's diameter
area
=
6
2
d
=
216.000
volume
=
3
d
=
216.000
area/volume
=
6
d
=
1.000
This Demonstration illustrates the effect of the size of an object on the ratio of its surface area to volume.

External Links

Cube (Wolfram MathWorld)
Sphere (Wolfram MathWorld)
Surface Area (Wolfram MathWorld)
Volume (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Mark D. Normand, Micha Peleg
​
​"The Ratio of Surface Area to Volume for a Cube and a Sphere"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheRatioOfSurfaceAreaToVolumeForACubeAndASphere/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: March 7, 2011