the altitude of a right circular cone is 8cm and the radius of the base is 6cm what is its total surface area

301.44 cm ^ 2

Step-by-step explanation:

We have that the total surface area of a cone would be the sum of the base area and the lateral surface area.

the area of the base, being a circle is pi * r ^ 2

the lateral area would come being the multiplication between the inclined height, the radius and the number pi, that is to say pi * r * l

the inclined height is calculated using the Pythagorean theorem, the legs being the radius and the altitude, thus:

l ^ 2 = 6 ^ 2 + 8 ^ 2

l ^ 2 = 100

l = 10

Therefore, we can replace:

A = 3.14 * 6 ^ 2 + 3.14 * 10 * 6

A = 301.44

It means that the total surface area is 301.44 cm ^ 2