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Why do you need to know the height of a cylinder to figure out its surface area?

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Answer:

look in explanation

Explanation:

The formula to find the surface area of a cylinder is as follows: SA= (2*π*r*h) + (2*π*r²)

You need to know the height of the cylinder in order to input the number into the equation.

Also, if you are using nets, you need to know the height of the cylinder because you cannot calculate the area of the rectangle part of the cylinder's net without that measurement.

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