Awater cup is shaped like a cone. it has a diameter of 3 inches and a slant height of 5 inches. about how many square inches of paper do you need to make a cup? use 3.14 to approximate pi.

24 square inches

31 square inches

47 square inches

52 square inches

So basically, what this question is asking you for is the surface area of the entire cone.
To find it, we can use the formula:
SA = 3.14*r*l+3.14*r^2, where r is radius and l is lateral height
Now, all we have to do is plug all of the given values into the equation

Therefore, the equation we get is:
SA = 3.14*1.5*5 + 3.14*1.5^2
If we simplify, we find that the surface area is equal to 30.615
If we round this number to the nearest whole number, we get 31 square inches

Therefore the answer is 31

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