Consider the sphere
(a) Does the sphere intersect each of the following planes at zero points, at one point, at two points, in a line, or in a circle?
The sphere intersects the yz-plane
?
at zero points
at one point
at two points
in a line
in a circle
The sphere intersects the xy-plane
?
at zero points
at one point
at two points
in a line
in a circle
The sphere intersects the xz-plane
?
at zero points
at one point
at two points
in a line
in a circle
(b) Does the sphere intersect each of the following coordinate axes at zero points, at one point, at two points, or in a line?
The sphere intersects the z-axis
?
at zero points
at one point
at two points
in a line
The sphere intersects the y-axis
?
at zero points
at one point
at two points
in a line
The sphere intersects the x-axis
?
at zero points
at one point
at two points
in a line
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