One Sunday afternoon, not long after I had started high school, I was sitting at home at our dining-room table doing homework. It was a cold and windy fall day, and we had a fire going in our fireplace. As usual, my red tabby cat was lying on top of all my papers, purring loudly and occasionally swatting at my pen for entertainment’s sake.
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The outer and inner radius of a hemispherical bowl are 40 cm and 35 cm respectively. Find the total surface area of the bowl.