Given that Circumference of a great circle(C) = centimeters.
Circumference:
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Area of the great circle:
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A hemisphere is half of a sphere. To find the surface area, find half of the
\surface area of the sphere and add the area of the great circle.
\Surface area:
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The surface area is approximately 150.7 square centimeters.