SA and V of Pyramids and Cones

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I learned about finding the surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids and cones. Above I have an example of find the SA and V of a cone. Each shape has its own formula so its mostly based around which one to use and plugging in the correct numbers. Looking at the diagram, it only gave me the vertical height and slant height so I had to use Pythagorean theorem to figure out the radius. Once you have all the measurement required you then solve by replacing the r, h and s with the actual numbers.

The challenges I had with this was mostly with word problems, because sometimes I was unsure of what measurements go where and what to include and what not to include. Overall this was a fairly simple chapter once I did enough review that I needed.

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