document.write( "Question 1191506:  Hi
\n" );
document.write( "You are painting the surface of a silo of radius 8 ft and height 50ft. What is the total surface area to be painted. Assume the top is a hemisphere and that the silo sits on the ground. Use pi = 3.14.
\n" );
document.write( "Thanks. \n" );
document.write( "
| Algebra.Com's Answer #823295 by math_tutor2020(3817)      You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "hemisphere = half a sphere\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A full sphere has this surface area \n" ); document.write( "SA = 4*pi*r^2 \n" ); document.write( "which makes 2pi*r^2 the surface area of a hemisphere (half as much as the previous expression)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plug in r = 8 to find... \n" ); document.write( "SA = 2*pi*r^2 \n" ); document.write( "SA = 2*pi*8^2 \n" ); document.write( "SA = 128pi \n" ); document.write( "is the surface area of the hemispherical portion.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The cylindrical portion involves only the lateral surface area because the base isn't painted, and the top of the cylinder is covered by the hemisphere. \n" ); document.write( "We only consider the curved side.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "LSA = lateral surface area \n" ); document.write( "LSA of cylinder = 2*pi*r*h \n" ); document.write( "LSA of cylinder = 2*pi*8*50 \n" ); document.write( "LSA of cylinder = 800pi\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Combine the two surface area results: \n" ); document.write( "hemisphere + LSA = 128pi+800pi = 928pi\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That's the exact surface area needed to be painted in terms of pi. \n" ); document.write( "Replace pi with 3.14 to find its approximate counterpart. \n" ); document.write( "928*pi = 928*3.14 = 2,913.92\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: 2913.92 square feet (approximate) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |