6.5 - Surface Area and Volume in Composite Figures
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Practice Questions
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What is a composite figure?
💡 Hint: Think of objects around you.
Name two components that might be in a composite figure.
💡 Hint: Consider common geometric shapes.
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What is the first step in calculating the surface area of a composite figure?
💡 Hint: Think about how you'd start solving a problem.
True or False: The total volume of a composite figure is found by adding the volumes of its components.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to volumes when shapes combine.
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Challenge Problems
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A composite figure consists of a hemisphere of radius 5 cm sitting on a cylinder of the same radius and a height of 10 cm. Calculate the total volume and surface area.
💡 Hint: Look at how parts combine to influence the calculations.
Given a composite figure made of a cone of radius 2 cm and height 4 cm on a cylinder of height 8 cm and the same radius, find the total surface area and volume.
💡 Hint: You may need to adjust for overlapping areas when calculating the TSA.
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