Question

My question is regarding cylinders plz.. Here it goes - a student winds a strip of paper eight times round a cylindrical pencil of diameter 7mm. Use the value 22/7 for π to find the length of the paper (ignore the thickness of the paper) pls I don't understand this .. Pls help

Answer 1

176cm

Explanation:

Step 1

We find the circumference of the cylinder

The formula for the Circumference = 2πr or πD

π = 22/7

Hence;

22/7 × 7

= 22

Since the strip of paper eight times round a cylindrical pencil of diameter 7mm, the length of the paper is calculated as: 22 × 8

= 176cm