How do I find the equation of a sphere that passes through the origin and whose center is #(4, 1, 2)#?
1 Answer
Oct 28, 2015
The equation is:
Explanation:
The general equation of a sphere with a center
In this case center is given
To calculate the radius we use the second point given - the origin. So the radius is the distance between point
Now when we have all required data we can write the equation of the sphere: