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The surface area of a solid is the total area covered by all its outer faces. It represents the amount of material required to cover the solid from the outside.
Volume is the measure of space occupied by a solid object. It indicates the capacity of the solid to hold material such as liquid or gas.
Curved surface area is the area of only the curved part of a solid, excluding any flat circular or polygonal faces.
Total surface area is the sum of the curved surface area and the areas of all flat faces of a solid.
The chapter includes cube, cuboid, right circular cylinder, right circular cone, sphere, hemisphere, hollow solids, and combinations of these solids.
The total surface area of a cube is given by \(6a^2\), where \(a\) is the length of one edge.
The volume of a cuboid is calculated using the formula \(l \times b \times h\), where \(l\), \(b\), and \(h\) are length, breadth, and height respectively.
The curved surface area of a cylinder is \(2\pi rh\), where \(r\) is the radius and \(h\) is the height.
The total surface area of a cylinder is \(2\pi r(h + r)\), which includes the curved surface and both circular ends.
Slant height is the distance from the centre of the base of a cone to a point on the curved surface along the side. It is denoted by \(l\).
Slant height is calculated using \(l = \sqrt{r^2 + h^2}\), where \(r\) is radius and \(h\) is height of the cone.
The volume of a cone is \(\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h\).
The surface area of a sphere is \(4\pi r^2\), where \(r\) is the radius.
The volume of a sphere is \(\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3\).
A hemisphere is exactly half of a sphere, having one flat circular face and one curved surface.