Problema Solution

the height of a cylinder is 12cm and the radius is 3cm. 32 identical cylinders are packed into a square based box. calculate the surface area of the box.

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surface area of one cylinder is (3/4)*(3^2)*12

=81

surface area of 32 cylinders =32*81

=2592

surface area of boxis equal to 32 cylinders

=2592 cm^2