Verna's Canned Vegetables, Inc. wants the color of each can of vegetables to be blue, including the bottom and the top. If the diameter of the lid (l) is 5 cm, and the height of the can (h) is 9 cm, what is the approximate total surface area for each can that needs to be colored blue?

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The approximate total surface area for each can is 180.6 cm². You would find the entire surface area by adding the surface area of each end to the surface area of the side. The formula for the entire surface area of a cylinder is 2?r² + 2?rh.