Questions tagged [volume]

For questions related to volume, the amount of space that a substance or object occupies.

Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space occupied by a liquid, solid, or gas.

Common units used to express volume include liters, cubic meters, gallons, milliliters, teaspoons, and ounces, though many other units exist.

Volume vs. Mass

Volume is the amount of space occupied by a substance, while mass is the amount of matter it contains. The amount of mass per unit of volume is a sample's density.

Capacity in Relation to Volume

Capacity is the measure of the content of a vessel that holds liquids, grains, or other materials that take the shape of the container. Capacity is not necessarily the same as volume. It is always the interior volume of the vessel. Units of capacity include the liter, pint, and gallon, while the unit of volume (SI) is derived from a unit of length.

In differential geometry, a branch of mathematics, a volume form on a differentiable manifold is a differential form of top degree (i.e., whose degree is equal to the dimension of the manifold) that is nowhere equal to zero. A manifold has a volume form if and only if it is orientable. An orientable manifold has infinitely many volume forms, since multiplying a volume form by a non-vanishing function yields another volume form. On non-orientable manifolds, one may instead define the weaker notion of a density. Integrating the volume form gives the volume of the manifold according to that form.

In thermodynamics, the volume of a system is an important extensive parameter for describing its thermodynamic state. The specific volume, an intensive property, is the system's volume per unit of mass. Volume is a function of state and is interdependent with other thermodynamic properties such as pressure and temperature. For example, volume is related to the pressure and temperature of an ideal gas by the ideal gas law.

Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume

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calculating the volume of a room with a lopsided ceiling

Part of my job description requires that I find the volume of a room for calculating air leakage. Normally no problem, but this is an unusual house for many reasons. The main issue I'm having a problem with is that I don't know how to calculate the…
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Volume of the Intersection of Ten Cylinders

I'm in Calculus 2, and we were first given the problem to find the intersection of two perpendicular cylinders of equal radius. This breaks down into eight times the volume of a quarter circle (with radius r) with perpendicular square cross…
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What's the largest box I can make out of a sheet of wood?

I'm planning on building a storage box out of sheet wood, and I'd like to know how to cut up my sheet into 6 pieces to form a box with the largest volume possible. Ideally the box should be flush on the outside, but I imagine the problem is a lot…
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Deriving the formula for volume of a cone - middle school

I realize there are several solutions for calculus-based proofs, but how would you explain the formula for the volume of a cone to middle school students? Please do not give the un-rigorous "imagine filling up a cylinder with N cones... you got it,…
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Proving volume formulae

This might sound really stupid, but is there a proof for the volume of a cube, i.e $V = x^3$, the only way I can think it through in my head is that there is going to be $x^3$ unit cubes in a cube of length $x$ meaning the volume is $x^3 * 1$,…
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Cost per ounce for orange juice doesn't add up

I was at the store and there were two bottles of Orange Juice. The first was 59 oz and cost $3.49 (16.9 cents per oz) The second was 128 oz and cost $6.49 (19.7 cents per oz) That's straight forward enough but if I buy two of the smaller 59oz…
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Calculating volume by area and thickness

I have an irregular hexagon that is $1\,mm$ thick. The total area of the hexagon is $114.335\,cm^2$. How do I calculate the volume?
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Math and volume of a liquid

I am trying to calculate the amount of chlorine in water- I have to dilute it because its hyper chlorinated and the testing system only goes up to 10 parts per million (chlorine should be 50ppm and greater). So, I am taking a 10 milliliter sample. I…
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Largest volume by 5 points on a sphere

I was wondering what would be the largest volume possible of the shape you get if you would put 5 points on a sphere with radius r and "wrap a paper" around those points. Don't know what it's called. And I also wonder how you would position those…
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I'm having trouble solving a problem involving volumetric scale

I'm stuck on an issue involving volumetric scale. I tried to multiply the dimensions 2 cm × 3.51 cm × 4 cm, I got the result 28.08, and I believe the result must contain cm³, because I multiplied the factors 3 times... The problem is that I can't…
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What is the volume of the "strike zone" in baseball?

VOLUME OF THE STRIKE ZONE I am trying to calculate the volume of the strike zone in baseball. Here is an image of the strike zone. https://i.stack.imgur.com/vGBuV.png Home plate is a rectangle with a triangle attached to the back wide side. Home…
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Would you use a proportion to solve this problem?

A math class is working with similar figures. Mr. Kole told the class that the surface area of the cones are 180 and 320 square units, and the volume of the smaller cone is 151 cubic units. He challenged his class to find the volume of the bigger…
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Easy volumes question

Note: I am trying to prepare, i already see the answer to this question but i dont understand it. It says volume of earth used for making the embarkment = $\pi (R^2 - r^2)h$ But i dont understand, what R? What r?The whole part solves out to 28$\pi$…
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Volume of liquid in a hopper / inverted frustum of a pyramid, based on the liquid level.

This question is part of a larger investigation into specific machinery process rates. I know the dimensions of the hopper, and thus the volume of the hopper (inverted frustum of a pyramid). However, I would like to know how to calculate the volume…
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Volume of a bottle

I found the following problem in a Math Olympiad book: I know we could find the volume considering that the figure is symmetric and using a solid of revolution and an integral, the problem is that they're not giving any information about the small…
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