Given a right cylinder where h is the height, and r is the radius, what does the expression 2rh represent?

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Jacob Cantu

22 March, 21:34

Given a right cylinder where h is the height, and r is the radius, what does the expression 2rh represent?

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Pokey · Answer 1

2rh would represent the area of the rectangle that is created if you cut the cylinder in half vertically. 2r would be the distance across circular part of the cylinder (width) and the height would be the length of the rectangle.