sara has a stack of 8 plates, each plate is 0.5 inches tall and she is trying to wrap them as a gift. If each plate has a diameter of 10 inches, what is the approximate the amount of wrapping paper she will need to cover the plates. Round to the nearest square inch.
You have to find surface are to have enough wrapping paper. Each plate is 0.5 so multiply that by 8 to get the height of the whole piece. 2pie(5)^2 + 2pie(5)(4)=283