Section 12-3 Cylinders
cylinder It is like a prism except that its bases are circles instead of polygons. Bases
Right cylinder The segment joining the centers of the circular bases is an altitude.
Parts of a Right Cylinder The length of the altitude is called the height A radius of a base is the radius of the cylinder r h
An Example of an oblique cylinder
The formulas for cylinders are related to the formulas for right prisms!
Why? Cylinders and prisms both have two, congruent, parallel bases
Theorem 12-5 The lateral area of a cylinder equals the circumference of a base times the height of the cylinder.
In other words…
Total area T.A. = L.A. +
Theorem 12-6 The volume of a cylinder equals the area of a base times the height of the cylinder.