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Planters peanuts is looking to design a new label for their mixed nuts can. The can has a radius of 12 cm and is 20cm high. What is the area of the label? round to the nearest whole number

HELP!!!!

User Grobartn
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Answer:

1508cm²

Explanation:

Assuming that the label doesnt cover the top and bottom of the can, the area of the cyllinders side is


2\pi \: r \: h

Plugging in given values of r=12 and h=20, we get that the area is 480pi cm², or 1508cm²

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