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Find the centre and radius of the sphere passing through the points O(0, 0, 0), A(a, 0, 0), B(0, b, 0) and C(0, 0, c).

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Let H(x, y, z) be the centre of the sphere

so that HO = HA = HB = HC = Radius. Now 

HO = HA

= (x - a)2 + y2 + z2

= x2 + y2 + z2

x = a/2

Similarly 

HO = HB

y = b/ 2

and HO = HC 

z = c/ 2

Therefore, the centre H is given by

(a/2, b/2, c/2)

and the radius is given by

HO = 1/2 √(a2 + b2 + c2)



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