Question

A fuel-anker's tank is long and has a diameter of seven feet. Determine the surface area of the fuel tank.

Answer 1

Surface area A = 76.979 + 21.994h

Where h will be the value of the lenght of the fuel tanker.

Explanation:

The fuel tank is cylindrical so we solve as a cylinder.

Total surface area of a cylinder = the areas of the circles on the top and the bottom and the area of the body.

Area = (2¶d^2)/4 + ¶dh

= (¶d^2)/2 + ¶dh

= ¶d( d/2 + h)

If it has a diameter of 7 ft, then,

A = 3.142 x 7 ( 7/2 + h)

A = 21.994 ( 3.5 + h)

A = 76.979 + 21.994h

Answer 2

1176.5 square feet

Explanation:

Let us recall from the following question,

Because fuel tank is a cylinder, the first step to take is get the surface area of this cylinder.

The Surface area of a cylinder = 2. π. r. 2. +. 2. π.

Then,

The given values (h = 50, r = 7/2 = 3.5) as applied from the formula given,

The area Surface a of fuel tank = 1176.5 square feet