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How do I solve the total surface area of this diagram?.

How do I solve the total surface area of this diagram?.-example-1
User Kier
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First, let's divide our solid into two parts:

1. A parallelepiped without the top face

The faces of this portion of the solid would be:

• 2, square faces measuring 4cm x 4cm each

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• 3 ,rectangular faces measuring 4cm x 20cm each

Therefore, the surface area of this portion would be:


2(4cm\cdot4cm)+3(4cm\cdot20cm)=272\operatorname{cm}^2

2. Half a cylinder

We know that the surface area of a cylinder is:


2\pi rh+2\pi r^2

If we divide it by two, we'll get the surface area of the half cylinder we need:


(2\pi rh+2\pi r^2)/(2)\rightarrow\pi rh+\pi r^2

Now, from the figure we can conclude that the diameter is 4 cm. Therefore, the radius would be 2 cm. Also, the height of this semicylinder is 20cm. Using this data, we'll have that the surface area for this part of the solid would be:


\begin{gathered} \pi rh+\pi r^2\rightarrow\pi\cdot(2cm)\cdot(20cm)+\pi(2\operatorname{cm})^2 \\ \Rightarrow138.23\operatorname{cm}^2 \end{gathered}

Now, to get the total surface area of this solid, we'll need to add up the two results we just got:


272\operatorname{cm}+138.23\operatorname{cm}=410.23\operatorname{cm}^2

Therefore, we can conclude that the surface area of the solid is:


410.23\operatorname{cm}^2

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