Volume of a Sphere

Let's say that we want to find the volume of a sphere of radius  $r$  using volumes of revolution.

We know that the equation of a circle of radius  $r$  centered at the origin is

$x^{2}+y^{2}=r^{2}.$

The upper half semicircle is given by  $y={\sqrt {r^{2}-x^{2}}}.$

Now, we want to rotate the upper half semicircle around the  $x$-axis. This will give us a sphere of radius  $r.$

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We use the washer/disk method to find the volume of the sphere. The volume of the sphere is

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Hence, the volume of a sphere of radius  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r}   is

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle V=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3.}