Question

A makeup artist purchased some lipsticks and wants to wrap them individually with gift wrap. Each lipstick has a radius of 0.6 inch and a height of 2.4 inches. How many total square inches of gift wrap will the makeup artist need to wrap 3 lipsticks? Leave the answer in terms of π.

9.04π square inches
10.8π square inches
11.3π square inches
14.4π square inches

Answer 1

So using a surface area calculator, we can put in the measurements you gave me.

That will give us 3.6 pi

Now we will need to multiply by 3

3.6 times 3 is 10.8pi

So your answer would be B. 10.8