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9.07 Surface area of cylinders

Interactive practice questions

Consider the following cylinder.

A cylinder, outlined in black, is oriented vertically with its top circular face fully visible and its bottom circular face indicated by a dashed outline. The height is labeled $4$4 m. The radius of the top circular face is labeled $2$2 m.

Below the cylinder is its net represented by a horizontal rectangle and two circles. One circle is on top of the rectangle and the other circle is below the rectangle. The radius of the circle on top is labeled $2$2 m. The width of the rectangle is labeled $4$4 m.

a

Find the circumference of the circular base to four decimal places.

b

Hence, find the area of the curved face of the cylinder.

Round your answer to two decimal places.

Easy
3 min

Consider the following cylinder.

Easy
1 min

Consider the following cylinder.

Easy
1 min

Paul is using a toilet paper roll for crafts. He has measured the toilet paper roll to have a diameter $4$4 cm and a length $10$10 cm.

Easy
2 min
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