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Mr butterworth baked a cake in the shape of a cylinder the cake had a diameter of 9 in and a height of 5 in. He spread chocolate icing over the entire cake (except the bottom) how many square inches of icing did he use?

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so, we need to find { curved surface area[pi*d*h] + top area[pi*(d^2)/4] }

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substitute.
User Louis Ingenthron
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Your answer should be 1271.7 in(sqrd) because you have to find the area of the base and then multiply that by 5in.
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