Adrian is painting the outside of a cylinder that he plans to use as a coffee table. The cylinder has a radius of 4 feet and a height of 3 feet. Adrian wants to paint all around the outside of the cylinder, including the top and bottom faces. In order to understand how much paint is needed, he wants to know the surface are of the outside of the cylinder. What is the surface area of the cylinder, measured in square feet? Use 3.14 for pi and round your answer to the nearest tenth.
The surface area of the side of the cylinder is given by the formula 2πrh, where r is the radius and h is the height. Plugging in the values given, we get 2*(3.14)*(4)*(3) = 75.4 square feet.
The surface area of the top and bottom faces are given by the formula 2πr^2, where r is the radius. Plugging in the value given, we get 2*(3.14)*(4^2) = 100.48 square feet.
Therefore, the total surface area of the outside of the cylinder is 75.4 + 100.48 = 175.88 square feet.
Rounded to the nearest tenth, the surface area is 175.9 square feet. Answer: \boxed{175.9}.