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the worlds largest cookies was baked in wisconsin in 1992. its diameter was 34 feed and contained about 4 million chocolate chips. if the cookie was. a cilinder 1 foot tall, and you wanted to cover it with icing, how many squate inchea would. tou have to ice? use 3.14 for pi

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Don't get distracted because it is a delicious cookie. Just treat it as a cylinder!
The formula for the Area of a cylinder is:
A=2*Pi*r*h+2*Pi*r^2
Substitute in your values:
r=34/2=17
h=1
Pi - use 3.14
A=6.28(17)+6.28(289)
A=1921.68
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