Faces and Surface Area

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GED Math › Faces and Surface Area

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Above is a diagram of a conic tank that holds a city's water supply.

The city wishes to completely repaint the exterior of the tank - sides and base. The paint it wants to use covers 40 square meters per gallon. Also, to save money, the city buys the paint in multiples of 25 gallons.

How many gallons will the city purchase in order to paint the tower?

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A regular icosahedron has twenty congruent faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.

A given regular icosahedron has edges of length two inches. Give the total surface area of the icosahedron.

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Find the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 8in.

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A regular octahedron has eight congruent faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.

A given octahedron has edges of length three inches. Give the total surface area of the octahedron.

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A cube has a width of 8in. Find the surface area.

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Find the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 10in.

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Find the surface area of a cube with a length of 9in.

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A regular tetrahedron has four congruent faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.

A given tetrahedron has edges of length five inches. Give the total surface area of the tetrahedron.

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A cube has a height of 8cm. Find the surface area.

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Find the surface area of a cube with a length of 11in.

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