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The answer depends on the perspective; however, this question is often meant to be a "trick question"; with the answer being: 2 (two) apples!
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The rationale behind this answer is that if there are three apples, but you "take 2 away" you now have "2" apples, because YOU are the one who "took away the 2 apples"—so presumably, YOU have the "2 apples" that YOU "took away"!
Whole formula 2*pi*radius^2 + 2*pi*radius*height:
157+942= 1099
SA= 1099
Your question seems a bit incomplete, but for starters you can write

Expanding where necessary, recalling that

, you have

and you can stop there, or continue to rewrite in terms of the reciprocal functions,

Now, since

, the final form could also take

or