Question

A hat company wants to create a cylindrical travel case to protect its beach sun hats using the following pattern.

net drawing of a cylinder is shown as two circles with diameters labeled 15 inches and a rectangle with a height labeled 5 inches

How many square inches of leather will be necessary to create the travel case? Approximate using π = 3.14.

412.13 square inches
588.75 square inches
1,648.5 square inches
1,884 square inches

Answer 1

To create the cylindrical travel case, we need approximately 588.75 square inches of leather.