SOLUTION: A cylinder's height equals the diameter of its base. What fraction of the total surface area of the cylinder is the area of the two bases? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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Question 947777: A cylinder's height equals the diameter of its base. What fraction of the total surface area of the cylinder is the area of the two bases? Express your answer as a common fraction.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
radius=k/2;
height=k;
Total Surface Area:
Simplify:
Just the top & bottom Surface Area:
Simplify:
Ratio of bases to total:
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