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How do you find the radius of a cylinder when you only know the surface area?

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The surface area of a cylinder with circular bases of radius r and height h is equal to the sum of the areas of the two circular faces and the area of the rectangular lateral surface:

A = 2πr² + 2πrh

If you know the height h, then you can solve the quadratic equation for r.

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