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An interior designer is buying fabric to cover throw pillows for a master bedroom

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An interior designer is buying fabric to cover throw pillows for a master bedroom. She needs material to cover 6 pillows—3 rectangle-shaped, 2 cylinder-shaped, and one sphere-shaped. The rectangles are 18 inches by 12 inches by 2 inches. The cylinders are 12 inches high and have a radius of 7 inches. The sphere has a radius of 10 inches.
a. What is the surface area of each rectangle-shaped pillow?
b. What is the surface area of each cylinder-shaped pillow?
c. What is the surface area of the sphere-shaped pillow?
d. What is the total surface area for all 6 pillows?
The designer also needs to buy stuffing for the pillows.
e. What is the volume of each rectangle-shaped pillow?
f. What is the volume of each cylinder-shaped pillow?
g. What is the volume of the sphere-shaped pillow?
h. What is the total volume needed to stuff all the pillows?