Two solid spheres A & B are made of the same material. The radius of B is 3 times the radius of A, and the surface area of A is 20 cubic cm. How do I calculate the surface area of B?

The surface area (S) of a sphere equals 4πr², where r is the radius. Using that equation to solve for r: r = √(S / 4π). Now substitute 20 for S, and solve for the radius of sphere A: r = √(20 / 4π) = √(20 / 12.56) = √ 1.59 = 1.26 cm. That's the radius of sphere A. The radius of sphere B is three times the radius of sphere A: (3)(1.26) = 3.79 cm. So for sphere B, the surface area is 4πr² = (4)(3.14)(3.79)² = 180.4 square centimeters. (That answer makes sense, because when you multiply the radius of a sphere by 3, you multiply its surface area by 3² or 9.) (We didn't exactly triple the original surface area, because we rounded off some numbers along the way.)