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You use surface area whenever you want to know the area of a non-flat surface. This is useful in a lot of physical applications. For example, heat flow, electrical current flow, or fluid flow through an irregularly-shaped region all are defined in terms of integrals over the boundary, and integration is taken with respect to surface area.
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Surface area is used to calculate the amount of material required to cover or coat an object, such as paint or wallpaper. It is also used in heat transfer calculations, such as determining the rate at which heat is exchanged between an object and its surroundings. Additionally, surface area is used in geometry to calculate the size and shape of 2D and 3D objects.
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How do you find the surface area of a bubble?
use area
What can you use to find the sphere surface area?
Surface area of a sphere = 4*pi*radius squared
Is there a essayer why to do surface area of triangular prism?
A surface area would be vital for determining volume
What would their combined surface area be?
It would be the sum of the areas of each surface separately.
What is the surface area of this cone Use π 3.14 and round your answer to the nearest hundredth 8 in 4 in square inchesWhat is the surface area of this coWhat is the surface area of this cone?
What is the surface area of this cone? Use π ≈ 3.14, and round your answer to the nearest hundredth. 8 in 4 in square inches
What is the surface area of a cube that has a edge of 16inches?
The surface area would be 1536in2
What formula would you use to find surface area of a right cylinder where h is height r is the radius la is the lateral area and BA is the base area?
I would use 2*pi*r*(r + h) square units.
What is the difference between total surface area and lateral surface area?
total surface area is all of the area. ex. for a square pyramid it would be the area of the square on the bottom and the four triangle sides lateral surface area is all the surface area EXCEPT the base. ex. for a square pyramid it would be the area of the four sides of the pyramid. the bottom square is NOT included. for a triangular prism it would be the area of the three rectangle sides, NOT the two triangular sides
If the dimensions of a solid are measured in feet then the surface area of the solid would be measured in?
Then the surface area of the solid would be measured in square feet
What units would you use to describe the surface area of a box measured in feet?
An area is measured in square units, so for lengths measured in feet, the area would be measured in square feet.The surface area of a box, is just the sum of the areas of each face, each of which is measured in square units.
Does surface area have an effect on friction?
Yes greater the surface area coming into contact friction would increase
What do you use surface area for?
math you silly goose
What is the force acting on a unit area of a surface?
That would be the "pressure" on the surface.
What happens to a cell ratio of surface area to volume as the cells volume increases rapidly than its surface area?
The cell's ratio of surface area to volume would decrease if its volume increases more rapidly than its surface area.
How does surface area affect acceleration?
In a vacuum it does not have any effect. In a fluid, surface area, shape and texture has great effect. A small, smooth, aerodynamically designed surface area, especially the leading surface area would aid in positive acceleration. The opposite would aid in negative acceleration.
How does surface area describe a cell?
Surface area of cell is divided volume of cell to get surface to volume ratio . If surface area is 8 cm2 and volume is 2 cm2 . The ratio would be 4:1 .
A cell's volume grows faster than its surface area so if cell gets too large what would happen?
If the cell's surface-to-volume ratio got too small as a result of the volume increasing faster than the surface area, the cell would no tbe able to get the nutrients it needs to survive and would die.
