A well-rounded Frosty becomes an icy cube Frosty
Tristan is experimenting with alternative geometric forms of Frosty the Snowman. Tristan’s artisan hands initially form Frosty with a perfectly spherical body at left.
As a sphere, Frosty’s surface area is calculated at 1632.947849 square centimeters. Next, the same protean Frosty is reformed and retooled with a cubic body.
Ignoring the hats, eyes, etc., find Frosty’s new surface area as a cube.
Send your answer to [email protected] and you might win a Tucker’s gift card.
Last week’s winner was Shelley Dorner with weight = 2,026 kilograms.
Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected].
