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The formula for the volume of a sphere is , where is the radius of the sphere

The form for a spiral may be expressed as ), though an Archimedean spiral only occurs when

For distance of closest approach:

As the electric potential energy between an alpha particle and the nucleus of a gold atom is 0 when the alpha particle is at its starting position, () will be at its maximum. However, as the alpha particle approaches the nucleus, it will be deflected, indicating () will be at its maximum. Assuming energy is not lost, we can use the conservation of energy to establish that , thereby implying that . Rearranging this relationship for will yield , the distance of closest approach between the alpha particle and nucleus

Derivation for the volume of a cone

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We have established that the radius of the cone, , and the height, , form a right angle triangle with the cone's slant height. We can represent this in the form of a linear function (or straight line) . If one were to treat the x-axis as the height and the y-axis as the radius, then they can represent said function as . To obtain the volume of the cone's formula, we can rotate the function – from the function's x-intercept, , to a value of dictated by – along the x-axis by radians through solid of revolution and apply the volume of revolution formula . This yields the following: