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  1. May 12th 2009, 05:36 PM #1
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    Surface Area Challenge HELP

    I'm not good at Surface Area, and I really need to figure out how to do this. :[
    Can someone work it out step by step?


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    Problem:
     You have been hired to paint the Greensboro, Ga. historic water tower green.

    The tower has a cylindrical base that is 12 feet around and 85 feet high. The top is sphere and is 300 feet around.

    A gallon can of green paint on average covers 200 ft2(feet squared) and cost about $35 per gallon.

    How much would it cost to paint the entire water tower?
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  2. May 13th 2009, 01:59 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alchemist9 View Post
    I'm not good at Surface Area, and I really need to figure out how to do this. :[
    Can someone work it out step by step?


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    Problem:
     You have been hired to paint the Greensboro, Ga. historic water tower green.

    The tower has a cylindrical base that is 12 feet around and 85 feet high. The top is sphere and is 300 feet around.

    A gallon can of green paint on average covers 200 ft2(feet squared) and cost about $35 per gallon.

    How much would it cost to paint the entire water tower?
    you'll need the following two formulas ...

    surface area of a sphere ... A = 4\pi r^2

    lateral surface area of a cylinder ... A = 2\pi rh
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  3. May 13th 2009, 06:57 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by skeeter View Post
    you'll need the following two formulas ...

    surface area of a sphere ... A = 4\pi r^2

    lateral surface area of a cylinder ... A = 2\pi rh
    Well.. I originally did that when I tried it out the first time.

    I feel like my numbers weren't.. really right.
    They were really indifferent.
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  4. May 14th 2009, 04:41 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alchemist9 View Post
    Well.. I originally did that when I tried it out the first time.

    I feel like my numbers weren't.. really right.
    They were really indifferent.
    ... since you haven't shown what you have attempted, I guess we'll never know if you did it correctly or made a mistake.

    get my point?
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