Surface Area of Cylinders.

To find the surface area of a cylinder add the surface area of each end plus the surface area of the side. Each end is a circle so the surface area of each end is π * r2, where r is the radius of the end. There are two ends so their combinded surface area is 2 π * r2. The surface area of the side is the circumference times the height or 2 π * r * h, where r is the radius and h is the height of the side.

The entire formula for the surface area of a cylinder is 2 π r2 + 2 π r h


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What is the Surface Area of a cylinder with the given dimensions?

Express answer to nearest hundredth. Use 3.14 for pi.


square cm

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