Respuesta :

The radius must not exceed the smallest coordinate, i.e. 4. This gurantees the the sphere will not leave the first octant.

Then the largest radius is 4, and the equation is

(x-5)^2 + (y-4)^2 + (z-9)^2 = 4^2

(x-5)^2 + (y-4)^2 + (z-9)^2 = 16
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