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geometry junior

Problem

The formula for the total surface area of a cylinder is where is the radius and is the height. A particular solid right cylinder of radius 2 feet has a total surface area of square feet. What is the height of this cylinder?
Solution
Let the height of the cylinder be ; we then have Solving yields so foot.
Final answer
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