A square measuring 5" × 5" has a surface area of 50 in²
Doesnt each square have a front side and a reverse side?
If I asked to measure the surface area of a cube, arent all sides considered?
Imagine a hollow, open-ended cylinder. The surface area would be both internal and external... plus the areas of the ends - the donut shapes, connecting internal and external... not the hollow center. Why is it this is a consistent rule for cylinders of this design... but when we take the limit of the surface area as the the width of the donut gets smaller, the area is relatively constant. But when the width reaches zero, the ares is suddenly cut in half for only arbitrary reasons - that being the cylinder is now a two dimensional object curving in on itself in three dimensional space
2007-11-20
18:04:29
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