Find the curved surface area of a cylinder if its diameter is 12 cm and height is 3.5 cm.
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Let's say you have a paper cylinder and scissors. Since we don't care about the top and the bottom, let's just assume that they are not there. Now we fetch our cutting device, and cut along the side. Easy, right? We unfold the side flat on the table to get a rectangle! One of its dimensions will be height, h , and the other will be the circumference, π ⋅ d . Its area is equal to π ⋅ d ⋅ h ≈ 1 3 2