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  1. October 27th 2010, 01:04 PM #1
    matgrl
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    Find the Are of a Lune

    Find a formula for the area of a lune with lune angle and the (surface) area of the sphere (of radius p), which you can call Sp. Use radian measure for angles.


    I am honestly not sure how to do this at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  2. October 27th 2010, 10:56 PM #2
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    Spherical Lune -- from Wolfram MathWorld
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