o POSSIBLE SOLUTION(S)

+ We consider the problem of a hemisphere of radius 8" as a half of the shape of a rotated circle, x^2 + y^2 = 8^2, of radius 8" about the x axis.

+ To obtain this we shall take one half of the volume obtained from rotating the top half of x^2 + y^2 = 8^2 about the x-axis.

+ We obtain the surface area of the slice of width a going from x value h to x value h + a.

+ We do this by rotating an element of arc length Sqrt[1 + f'[x]^2] through a radius f[x] and taking one-half of this amount.

Input := 


va[h_] = 1/2 Integrate[2 Pi f[x] Sqrt[1 + f'[x]^2],

				{x,h,h+a}]

Output =


               1                2

(-16 h Sqrt[-------] Sqrt[64 - h ] Pi + 

                  2

            64 - h

                               2

    2 (a + h) Sqrt[64 - (a + h) ] 

               -64

     Sqrt[--------------] Pi) / 2

                       2

          -64 + (a + h)

+
In our case we are suggesting that we cut the total width of the 16" diameter hemisphere of bread into 8 equal width pieces of length a = 2".

+
Thus we compute the surface area from h to h + 2. Here h is in the domain h = -8" to h = 6".

Input := 


party[h_] = va[h]/.{a->2}

Output =


               1                2

(-16 h Sqrt[-------] Sqrt[64 - h ] Pi + 

                  2

            64 - h

                               2

    2 (2 + h) Sqrt[64 - (2 + h) ] 

               -64

     Sqrt[--------------] Pi) / 2

                       2

          -64 + (2 + h)

+
We simplify this by noting the square root terms cancel appropriately.

+
And we see that no matter where we start cutting (h in the domain h = -8 to h = 6) when we cut a width of bread 2" long the surface area is always 16 Pi ~ 50.2655 in^2. The plot confirms this.