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11.4 Cylinders
Here you’ll learn how to calculate the surface area and volume of cylinders.
What if you wanted to figure out how much paper you needed for the label of a can? How could you use the surface
area of a cylinder to help you? After completing this Concept, you’ll be able to answer questions like this one.
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URL: http://www.ck12.org/flx/render/embeddedobject/52632CK-12 Foundation: Chapter11CylindersA
Learn more about the surface area of cylinders by watching the video at this link.
Watch this video to learn about the volume of cylinders.
Guidance
Acylinderis a solid with congruent circular bases that are in parallel planes. The space between the circles is
enclosed. Just like a circle, the cylinder has a radius for each of the circular bases. Also, like a prism, a cylinder can
be oblique, like the one to the right.