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Surface Area of Cylinders

Haven't you always wondered how much cardboard it takes to encase a trunk warmer for your pet elephant?


3D Geometry Videos 15 videos

ACT Math 4.1 Plane Geometry
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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 4, Problem 1. What is the radius of the sphere?

ACT Math 4.5 Plane Geometry
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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 4, Problem 5. What is the height of the prism?

ACT Math 5.5 Plane Geometry
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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 5, Problem 5. How much material do you need to cover the entire tent?

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Angles Videos 25 videos

Vertical Angle Theorem
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This video explains the vertical angle theorem. Learn about supplementary angles, adjacent angles, and linear pairs, plus bungee jumping. Intersect...

Solving Trigonometric Equations
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FYI: cats don't like to get wet. Okay, so that fact won't be relevant every time you solve trig equations, but it happens to be this time.

Secant Angles
841 Views

Don't try this at home, Shmoopers.

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Area and Volume Videos 38 videos

Volumen de un Cubo
754 Views

Los cubos de hielo no son ruidosos generalmente...pero tienen un volumen de tipo diferente. Este video te enseñará cómo encontrar el volumen de...

Volume
11027 Views

Volume is crucial to our lives. It determines the amount of food we eat, the amount of fluid we drink, and hydraulics, just to to name a few. One o...

Surface Area of Cylinders
14741 Views

Haven't you always wondered how much cardboard it takes to encase a trunk warmer for your pet elephant?

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Circles Videos 25 videos

Attributes of Circles
6371 Views

This video can run circles around other videos about circles. Sir Cumference, of Round Table fame, explains all the properties of… well, circles....

Area of a Sector
2667 Views

Time to learn about the area of a sector. And no, that's not the sector's bedroom with a bumper sticker on the door that reads, "GO AWAY."

SAT Math 1.1 Geometry and Measurement
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SAT Math 1.1 Geometry and Measurement. What is the circumference of the circle?

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Construction Videos 10 videos

Constructions
1888 Views

No hard hat needed here–we're talking about mathematical constructions. If you're using a straight edge, a compass, and a pencil, you're working...

ACT Math 5.3 Plane Geometry
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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 5, Problem 3. What is the measure of Angle GHJ?

Proving Lines are Parallel
1113 Views

To prove lines are parallel, you need a third line. We at Shmoop (and the rest of the world) call it a transversal.

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Coordinate Geometry Videos 38 videos

Midsegment Theorem
4647 Views

Who knew triangles had midsegments? We did.

ACT Math 2.2 Coordinate Geometry
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ACT Math: Coordinate Geometry Drill 2, Problem 2. Which expression is depicted by the number line?

Coordinates and Distance Formula
7937 Views

One formula to rule them all, one formula to find them. One formula to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. Or something like that. I...

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Logic and Proofs Videos 13 videos

Conditional Statements
2509 Views

If you already know what a conditional statement is, then you're smarter than you look. And boy do you look smart.

Indirect Proofs
1734 Views

Indirect proofs (or proofs by contradiction) prove their conclusion by showing that the opposite cannot be true. You can use this in math and in ar...

Formal Proofs
1858 Views

Formal proofs present the oh-so-mathematical evidence in two columns: one for the statement they are claiming is true, and the other for the reason...

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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Videos 23 videos

Parallel Lines and Transversals
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This video explores parallel lines and transversals: how to identify them both on a math test and in real life urban planning. What do the consecut...

Proving Lines are Perpendicular
795 Views

Prove it, Shmoopers. We dare you.

Proving Lines are Parallel
1113 Views

To prove lines are parallel, you need a third line. We at Shmoop (and the rest of the world) call it a transversal.

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Polygons Videos 24 videos

SAT Math 4.3 Geometry and Measurement
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SAT Math 4.3 Geometry and Measurement

All You Need to Know About Polygons
977 Views

“Polygon” - it’s not just something we say when our pet parrot escapes through the kitchen window. Curious to find out what angle these guys...

Perimeter of Irregular Shapes
4864 Views

Want to figure out the area and perimeter of irregular shapes? Break them down into regular shapes. For example, a flower can be broken down into s...

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Quadrilaterals Videos 12 videos

Perimeter of a Rectangle
3862 Views

Rectangles just love to have perimeters. And we just love to measure them.

SAT Math 4.1 Geometry and Measurement
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SAT Math 4.1 Geometry and Measurement

CAHSEE Math 3.4 Mathematical Reasoning
180 Views

CAHSEE Math: Mathematical Reasoning Drill 3, Problem 4. Which of the expressions gives the best estimate as to the length of this quadrilateral's p...

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Right Triangles and Trigonometry Videos 37 videos

Verifying Trig Identities
1730 Views

Verifying trig identities is important, especially when you're about to let one of them into the country—which is why they should keep their pass...

Tangent Half-Angle Formula
1362 Views

Mosquitos need their caffeine, just like the rest of us. Wouldn't think zipping around and stinging people all day long sap your energy?

SOHCAHTOA
4616 Views

Sine is the opposite over the hypotenuse; cosine is the adjacent over the hypotenuse; and tangent is the opposite side over the adjacent side....

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Transformations Videos 4 videos

Transformaciones
294 Views

Bien, tú no eres el único que cae completamente en el aburrimiento por un rato. Dos figuras geométricas dimensionales también. ¿Cómo ellos pu...

Transformations
15752 Views

If you were looking for the trailer for the new Michael Bay movie, you've got the wrong number. Transformations are rotations, reflections, and tra...

Translations and Functions
1284 Views

Translations: now without the trans fat. Functions: now without the…fun? Wait, scratch that. Now with extra fun! Don’t believe us? There's only...

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Triangles Videos 32 videos

Triangles
6456 Views

This video covers the different types of triangle. What makes a triangle isosceles, scalene, or equilateral? What about the different kinds of angl...

SOHCAHTOA
4616 Views

Sine is the opposite over the hypotenuse; cosine is the adjacent over the hypotenuse; and tangent is the opposite side over the adjacent side....

Proving Triangles Congruent
3286 Views

Someday you might be a big, fancy defense lawyer, and you'll have to prove that your client's triangle was congruent to the triangle in question. W...

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Word Problems Videos 5 videos

Geometric Word Problems
615 Views

We’ve got a problem. Actually, we’ve got a ton of them. Fortunately, they’re only geometric word problems, which really aren’t so bad. We...

Word Problem Inequalities
2018 Views

How do you figure out how long you have before the Galapagos Zombie Tortoises eat you? By using math, of course. If you can't solve this problem, w...

All You Need to Know About Geometry Word Problems
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Simple steps to solving geometry word problems. If only the problems themselves were this simple...

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