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You can find the exact surface area for all of those shapes.

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Q: Why cant you find an exact surface area measurement for a prism and pyramid but for a cylinder?
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Can you find the exact measurement of a cylinder?

What do you mean by "exact measurement"? Do you wish to determine the cylinder's height? Its diameter? Its surface area? Its volume?


Why can you find the exact surface area measurement for a prism and pyramid but not cylinder?

Because of the cylinder's circular shape, its surface area includes a multiple of pi. Because pi is an irrational number, you can not express its exact value numerically. The fact that you can't express it numerically does not however mean that you can't express it at all. For example, a cylinder with a radius of 1 centimeter and a height of 1 centimeter will have a surface area of exactly 4π centimeters.


What is the cylinder bore size for the 1986 Chevy S10?

The exact bore measurement is 101.6 mm.


Why can't you find the exact surface area of a cylinder?

because its round and it doesnt have any edges


What is the exact measurement of 41.3 inches?

41.3 is an exact measurement.


Advantages to cylinder shapes over rectangular prisms?

The exact result depends on the exact ratio of length to diameter; but in principle, with a cylinder you need less surface area - and thus less material - for the same volume.


Why is the graduated cylinder is more accurate?

It uses smaller segments of measurement making it more accurate


Would it be more accurate to measure the amount of water that a container can hold by using one measurement with a large graduated cylinder or two measurements with a smaller graduated cylinder?

If you measure properly, the amount of water does not change. Measurement with whatever graduated cylinder you choose will not alter the amount of liquid measured. Most people choose to measure once with a larger one, but if the amount of liquid falls between the measurement lines, you can measure the "leftover" with a smaller cylinder and find the exact answer.


Base with 4 equal sides your faces are 4 triangles?

Pyramid - square pyramid to be exact.


How long is a tad in time measurement?

Tad is not an exact measurement. It means a little.


What shape has five faces and five vertices?

Pyramid, but to be exact it would be a Triangular Pyramid ;) * * * * * To be exact ... but WRONG! A triangular pyramid has 4 faces and 4 vertices! A shape with 5 faces and vertices is a quadrilateral based pyramid - of which a special case would be a square based pyramid.


What is the translation for pyramid?

The exact Tagalog translation is "piramide".