Asked by thomas

Four similar glass tumblers just fit into a cubical box.The area of the top of the circular cover of any one of the tumblers is 4 pi.The area of each side of the box is

a. 16
b. 32
c. 32 pi
d. 64
e. 64 pi

please answer and explain
Answered by bobpursley
do this. Get 4 quarters, put the first one on the corner of a piece of paper. Now add the other three.

I think the smallest square you can get with the quarters enclosed is will have twice the diameter of any quarter.

areaaqarter= (D/2)^2 PI= 4PI

Diameter= 4 inches. area box side= 2*diatmeter.
Answered by thomas
I still not get it