Cylinder

CYLINDER is a closed solid that has two parallel (usually circular bases connected by a curved surface.

If we slice a cylinder parallel to its base, then each cross-section is a circle of the same size as the base.

If we open a cylinder, it composed of two circles and rectangle.

Properties of Right Circular Cylinder

1. The elements of a cylinder are equal.
2. Every element is equal to the altitude.
3. The bases of the cylinder are congruent.
4. The lateral area is the product of the circumference of the base and its altitude.
5. The volume is the product of the area of the base and the altitude
Formulas

Volume of Right Circular Cylinder: Lateral Area of Right Circular

2 Cylinder:
V =π r h
LA=2 πrh
 Total Area of Right Circular Cylinder:
TA =2 πr (h+ r )
Where:
r is the radius of the base
h is the height of the cylinder

Sample Problem
1. Calculate the volume, Lateral Area, and total Area of a cylinder whose radius of the base is 14cm and
the height is 10cm. Use  = 3.14.
Solution:
Given: r= 14 cm h= 10 cm
Solve for the volume
2
V =π r h
V= (3.14) (14 cm)2 (10 cm)
V= (3.14) (196 cm2) (10 cm)
V = 6154.4 cm3
Solve for lateral area
LA =2 πrh
LA = 2 (3.14) (14 cm) (10 cm)
LA = 879.2 cm2
Solve for Total Area
TA=2 πr (h+ r )
TA = 2 (3.14) (14 cm) (10 cm + 14 cm)
TA = 2 (3.14) (14 cm) (24 cm)
TA = 2110.08 cm2
2. Given a cylinder with a volume of 502.4 in3 and a radius of 4 in, find its height. Use  = 3.14.
Solution:
Given: r = 4 in V = 502.4 in3 h=?
Using the formula for volume of cylinder, solve for height
2
V =π r h
502.4 in3 = (3.14) (4 in)2 h
502.4 in3 = (3.14) (16 in2) h
502.4 in3 = (50.24 in2) h

502.4 ¿ ( 50.24 ¿ ) h
3 2

2
= 2
50.24 ¿ 50.24 ¿
10 in =h
 The height of the cylinder is 10 inches.
3. Four huge cubes of ice were put in a cylindrical glass with an internal diameter of 5 m. The edge of each
cube measures 1.5 m. How high is the water level inside the glass after the four ice cubes melted? Use  =
3.14
Solution:
Given: There is 4 cube with edge of 1.5 m
The diameter of the cube is 5 m, then the radius is 2.5 m.
We need to solve first for the volume of the cube.
V = e3
V = (1.5 m)3
V = 3.375 m3
Since there are 4 cubes of ice, and once it melted it will be the volume of the cylinder glass
Volume of cylindrical glass = 4 (volume of cube of ice)
= 4 (3.375 m3)
= 13.5 m3

Solve for the height of the cylindrical glass

Given : V of cylindrical glass = 13.5 m3 r= 2.5 m h=?

2
V =π r h
13.5 m3 = (3.14) (2.5m)2 (h)
13.5 m3 = (3.14) (6.25 m2) (h)
13.5 m3 = (19.625 m2) h

13.5m3 19.625m2 h
=
19.625m2 19.625m2

0.69 m = h
The water in the cylindrical glass is 0.69 m.