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Find the surface area of a cylinder with a base diameter of 8ft and a height of 6ft. Write your answer in terms of pi, and be sure to include the correct unit.

User Dkamins
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Given that diameter of the base of the cylinder = 8 ft

Given that height of the cylinder = 6 ft

We have to find the surface area of the cylinder in terms of pi.

So we need to use formula of surface area of the cylinder which is


Area= 2\pi r(r+h)

where h= height = 6

r= radius = diameter/2 = 8/2 = 4

Now plug these values into above formula


Area= 2\pi *4(4+3)


Area= 2\pi *4(7)


Area= 2\pi *28


Area= 56\pi

Hence final answer is


Area= 56\pi square ft

User NTyler
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Answer:

80
\pi

Explanation:

We are given a cylinder with a base diameter of 8 feet and a height of 6 feet and we supposed to find its surface area.

We know the formula of surface area of cylinder
= 2\pi rh+2\pi r^2

where
r {/tex] is the radius (4 feet in this case); and</p><p>[tex] h {/tex] is the height of the cylinder (6 feet in this case).</p><p>So putting the given values in this formula, in term of [tex]/pi to get:


= 2\pi rh+2\pi r^2


=2*\pi *4*6+2*\pi *4^2\\\\=48\pi +32\pi \\\\=80\pi

Therefore, the surface area of the given cylinder is 80
\pi.

User Dhiraj Ray
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