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2. Surface Areas of Prisms and Cylinders
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Exercise 36 Page 820

Use the formula for the area of a cylinder.

About 427.6 cubic inches

Practice makes perfect

Let's analyze the given composite solid. We assume that there is a rectangle in the base, not a parallelogram. Otherwise, we have too little data to solve the exercise.

The composite solid consists of two parts.

  • A half of a cylinder with a diameter of 6 inches and a height of 15 inches. Therefore, the radius of the cylinder is r= 62=3 inches.
  • A rectangular prism that is 6 inches by 15 inches by 4 inches.The surface area of the composite solid is equal to the surface area of 5 out of 6 faces of the rectangular prism and half of the surface area of the cylinder. \begin{gathered} S_\text{solid}=\textcolor{darkorange}{S_\text{rect. part}}+\textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}} \end{gathered} The surface area of a rectangular prism is made of two rectangles 6 inches by 4 inches, two rectangles 15 inches by 4 inches, and one rectangle 6 inches by 15 inches. Now, let's find its surface area. \begin{aligned} \textcolor{darkorange}{S_\text{rect. part}}&=2\cdot{\color{#0000FF}{6}}\cdot{\color{#0000FF}{4}}+2\cdot{\color{#009600}{15}}\cdot{\color{#009600}{4}}+1\cdot{\color{#FF0000}{6}}\cdot{\color{#FF0000}{15}} \\ &=2\cdot{\color{#0000FF}{24}}+2\cdot{\color{#009600}{60}}+1\cdot{\color{#FF0000}{90}} \\ &=48+120+90=258 \end{aligned} Then use the formula for the surface area of a cylinder.
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=\dfrac{1}{2}\cdot A_\text{cylinder}
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=\dfrac{1}{2}\cdot\left(2\pi rh+2\pi r^2\right)
    Simplify right-hand side
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=\dfrac{1}{2}\cdot 2\left(\pi rh+\pi r^2\right)
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=\dfrac{2}{2}\cdot \left(\pi rh+\pi r^2\right)
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=1\cdot \left(\pi rh+\pi r^2\right)
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=\pi rh+\pi r^2
    Substitute values and evaluate
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=\pi({\color{#0000FF}{3}})({\color{#009600}{15}})+\pi({\color{#0000FF}{3}})^2
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=45\pi+9\pi
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=54\pi
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}=169.646003\ldots
    \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}\approx \textcolor{darkviolet}{169.6}
    Finally, let's add \textcolor{darkorange}{S_\text{rect. part}} and \textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}} to find the surface area of the composite solid S_\text{solid}.
    S_\text{solid}=\textcolor{darkorange}{S_\text{rect. part}}+\textcolor{darkviolet}{S_\text{half-cylinder}}
    S_\text{solid}=\textcolor{darkorange}{258}+\textcolor{darkviolet}{169.6}
    S_\text{solid}=427.6
    This tells us that the surface area of the given solid is about 427.6 cubic inches.