2006-10-03 05:23:44 · 12 answers · asked by ab_yanswers_70 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
theoretically, one. same thing with an open topped box where the sides have only length and width (no depth). however, in practicality, i've always argued two...
2006-10-03 05:25:48 · answer #1 · answered by promethius9594 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The question wasn't how many sides does a hollow sphere have. With the question being asked, it would be wiser to assume that the sphere is solid, making everyone who said 2 sides (the inside and outside) true only if the sphere were hollow. I understand a side as being one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing in this case, and in so understanding, I would have to say that there is no distinction that can be made other than the surface of the sphere, so the surface becomes one continuous side.
2006-10-03 05:38:18 · answer #2 · answered by deep bass 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One says a plane or 2-D figure has sides, but a sphere is a 3-D figure, so it's meaningless to speak of its having sides. The simplest polygon is a triangle with 3 sides. Then we have quadrilateral-4, pentagon-5, hexagon-6, heptagon-7, octagon-8, nonagon-9, decagon-10, undecagon-11, dodecagon-12, tredecagon-13....n-gon-n sides. So how many sides does a circle have? An infinite number really. Some mathematics approximates it with dozens of hundreds of sides.
2006-10-03 05:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say that the sphere has an infinite number of sides for the high level math answer, or no sides for the basic math answer, or it has 2 sides- inside and outside for the smart-alec answer.
2006-10-03 05:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by rangerbanks 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'side'= an area next to an area of some definable dimension;;therefore; a sphere has an infinite number if sides .. I'll just have a side of cheese / picant'e plz.
2006-10-03 06:08:29 · answer #5 · answered by mr.phattphatt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinity.sides can be taken as a st.line or a plane.A sphere's surface can be consided as made up of innumerable very small
planes.Hence the answer.
2006-10-03 05:46:31 · answer #6 · answered by Arasan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sphere has a boundary that is spherical, so I guess you could say it has 1 side. That makes sense to me, anyway...
2006-10-03 05:26:12 · answer #7 · answered by Jared Z 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 - inside and outside
2006-10-03 05:25:31 · answer #8 · answered by bob h 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mathematically, the best answer is two: the outside and the inside.
2006-10-03 05:31:56 · answer #9 · answered by Mag999nus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One.
2006-10-03 05:25:58 · answer #10 · answered by kekeke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋