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Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Advanced Geometry
The circumference of the base of a cone is 100; the height of the cone is equal to the diameter of the base. Give the surface area of the cone (nearest whole number).
The formula for the surface area of a cone with base of radius and slant height is
.
The diameter of the base is the circumference divided by , which is
This is also the height .
The radius is half this, or
The slant height can be found by way of the Pythagorean Theorem:
Substitute in the surface area formula:
Example Question #51 : 3 Dimensional Geometry
If a cone were unfurled into a 2-dimensional figure. The lateral area of the cone would look most like which figure?
Triangle
Circle
Sector of a Circle
Rectangle
Sector of a Circle
When creating a net image of a 3D figure - one imagines it is made of paper and is unfurled into its' 2D form. The lateral portion of the cone cone would be unfurled into the image of a Sector of a Circle. To include the full surface area of the cone a circle is included to form the base of the cone as in the figure below. The lateral area portion is the top part of the figure below.
Example Question #52 : 3 Dimensional Geometry
Find the surface area of a cube with side length of 6in.
A cube is made up of 6 identical sides. Find the area of one side and multiplying it by 6 will result in the surface area of a cube.
a is the side length, in this case 6in.
Example Question #27 : Surface Area
What is the surface area of a cylinder with height 10 and radius 7?
The formula of the surface area of a cylinder is:
In this problem h is 10 and r is 7. Substituting in those values gives us:
Simplifying and combining the like terms results in:
Example Question #22 : Surface Area
Figure not drawn to scale.
Find the surface area of the box above.
Surface area: 82 yd2
Surface area: 84 yd2
Surface area: 82 yd3
Surface area: 84 yd3
Surface area: 48 yd2
Surface area: 82 yd2
You can find the surface area of a box by following the equation below:
The surface area of the box is 82yd2 (remember that area measurements are square units NOT cubic units)
Example Question #29 : Surface Area
The shaded face of the provided rectangular prism is a square. If the surface area of the prism is , give in terms of .
Since the top face of the prism is a square, the common sidelength - and the missing dimension - is 25.
The surface area of a rectangular prism with length , width , and height can be found using the formula
.
Setting, and solving for :
Example Question #1 : Faces, Face Area, And Vertices
How many vertices does a polyhedron with twenty faces and thirty edges have?
By Euler's Formula, the relationship between the number of vertices , the number of faces , and the number of edges of a polyhedron is
Set and , and solve for :
The polyhedron has tweve vertices.
Example Question #1 : Faces, Face Area, And Vertices
How many edges does a polyhedron with nine vertices and eleven faces have?
By Euler's Formula, the relationship between the number of vertices , the number of faces , and the number of edges of a polyhedron is
Set and and solve for :
The polyhedron has eighteen edges.
Example Question #53 : 3 Dimensional Geometry
A rectangular prism has a height of 4 in., length of 8in., and a width of 7in. Find the volume of the prism.
To find the volume of a rectangular prism we use the equation of:
Now substituting in our values we get:
Example Question #2 : Other 3 Dimensional Geometry
What is the volume of a triangular prism having a base of 2, a height of 8, and second height of 14?
To find the volume of a triangular prism we use the equation
In our case our
Therefore,
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