Consider a cylinder with radius 4.5 cm and a height of 12 cm. Describe how to calculate the surface area of the given cylinder and what the surface area means.

Surface area of a cylinder = 2πrh+2πrsquared

= 2x3.14x4.5x12+2x3.14x20.25

= 339.12+127.17

= 466.29

Therefore, the surface area of a cylinder is 466.29cm

To find the surface area of a cylinder you need to multiply its circumference by its height, plus the areas of the bases. So, multiply the circumference by the height and add the bases : (π4.5*2) 12 + (π4.5²*2) = 466.52cm².

Surface is the area of the outside part of 3D figure.