2004 AMC 10A Problem 19

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Concepts:cylindernet (3D geometry)parallelogram

Difficulty rating: 1600

19.

A cylindrical silo has a diameter of 3030 feet and a height of 8080 feet. A stripe with a horizontal width of 33 feet is painted on the silo, as shown, making two complete revolutions around it. What is the area of the stripe in square feet?

120120

180180

240240

360360

480480

Solution:

Unrolling the stripe flattens it into a parallelogram. Its base (the horizontal width) is 33 feet and its height spans the full 8080 feet of the silo.

The area is therefore 3×80=240 3 \times 80 = 240 square feet.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

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