document.write( "Question 622471: A square prism in inscribed in a cylinder. The prism has a height of 12 inches and the cylinder has a radius of 5 inches. What's the lateral area and surface area of the prism and the cylinder \n" ); document.write( "
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I assume that from above you just see the bases of the prism and the cylinder, looking like a square inscribed in a circle, like this:
\n" ); document.write( " The diameter of the circle is 10 inches, the length of the diagonal of the square.
\n" ); document.write( "Two sides of the square, of length x inches, form a right triangle with the diagonal for a hypotenuse, so
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2Bx%5E2=100\" --> \"2x%5E2=100\" --> \"x%5E2=50\" --> \"x=sqrt%2850%29=sqrt%2825%2A2%29=sqrt%2825%29%2Asqrt%282%29=5sqrt%282%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "The area of the circle (with radius 5) is \"pi%2A5%5E2=25pi\" square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "That circle is one of the two congruent (equal) bases of the cylinder.
\n" ); document.write( "The circumference is \"2%2Api%2A5=10pi\" inches, and the lateral area of the cylinder is that times the height, or
\n" ); document.write( "\"10pi%2A12=120pi\" square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "So the total surface area of the cylinder is
\n" ); document.write( "\"120pi%2B2%2A25pi=170pi\" square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "The area of the square is \"x%5E2=50\" square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "That square is one of the two congruent (equal) bases of the prism.
\n" ); document.write( "The perimeter of the square is \"4%2A5sqrt%282%29=20sqrt%282%29\" inches, and the lateral area of the prism is that times the height, or
\n" ); document.write( "\"20sqrt%282%29%2A12=120sqrt%282%29\" square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "So the total surface area of the cylinder is
\n" ); document.write( "\"120sqrt%282%29%2B2%2A50=120sqrt%282%29%2B100\" square inches.
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