The cylinder: Surface area and volume

The cylinder is the surface with two circular bases joined by one side, as shown below:

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Example

Calculate the area and volume of a cylinder with radius of the basis 3 m and height 5 m.

The area of the basis will be:Abasis=2πr2=18π For the area or the side it is interesting to open the side face in order to get the shape of a rectangle and to see that one side is the height of the cylinder and the other the perimeter of the basis.

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Alateral=2πrh=30πAtotal=48π

The volume will have the following expression:V=πr2hV=45π m3