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How do you explain surface area?

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14y ago
Updated: 10/17/2024

Think of making something like a can out of sheet metal. The surface area of a cylinder the same size as the can is the amount of material (in square units) needed to make the can. The volume would be the amount of substance that the can will hold.

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