Painting the entire exterior surface of a cube with edge length S = 1.26 meters reduces paint level by 2 inches in a cylindrical paint can with radius R = 3.24 inches. Assuming the paint is put on with a uniform thickness, calculate this thickness in inches." Hmm... I don't think the paint can height is necessary... at least, it wasn't given in the problem. I started out by calculating the volume of the 2 inches removed from the can, and, knowing that the volume would stay the same, tried to figure out how to put the volume onto the surface of the cube. That's where I got stuck. Any ideas? Thank you!

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"Painting the entire exterior surface of a cube with edge length S = 1.26 meters reduces paint level by 2 inches in a cylindrical paint can with radius R = 3.24 inches. Assuming the paint is put on with a uniform thickness, calculate this thickness in inches."

Hmm... I don't think the paint can height is necessary... at least, it wasn't given in the problem. I started out by calculating the volume of the 2 inches removed from the can, and, knowing that the volume would stay the same, tried to figure out how to put the volume onto the surface of the cube. That's where I got stuck. Any ideas? Thank you!

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