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Example Question #3 : Other Polyhedrons
Find the volume of the following polyhedron.
The formula for the volume of the polyhedron is:
where is the radius of the cone, is the height of the cone, is the radius of the cylinder, and is the height of the cylinder.
Use the formula for a triangle to find the length of the radius and height of the cone:
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #1 : Other Polyhedrons
Find the volume of the following polyhedron.
The formula for the volume of the polyhedron is:
where is the radius of the polyhedron and is the height of the cone.
Use the formula for a triangle to find the length of the radius and height:
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #11 : Solid Geometry
Our backyard pool holds 10,000 gallons. Its average depth is 4 feet deep and it is 10 feet long. If there are 7.48 gallons in a cubic foot, how wide is the pool?
100 ft
7.48 ft
133 ft
33 ft
30 ft
33 ft
There are 7.48 gallons in cubic foot. Set up a ratio:
1 ft3 / 7.48 gallons = x cubic feet / 10,000 gallons
Pool Volume = 10,000 gallons = 10,000 gallons * (1 ft3/ 7.48 gallons) = 1336.9 ft3
Pool Volume = 4ft x 10 ft x WIDTH = 1336.9 cubic feet
Solve for WIDTH:
4 ft x 10 ft x WIDTH = 1336.9 cubic feet
WIDTH = 1336.9 / (4 x 10) = 33.4 ft
Example Question #12 : Solid Geometry
A cube has a volume of 64cm3. What is the area of one side of the cube?
16cm2
16cm3
4cm2
4cm
16cm
16cm2
The cube has a volume of 64cm3, making the length of one edge 4cm (4 * 4 * 4 = 64).
So the area of one side is 4 * 4 = 16cm2
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Length Of An Edge Of A Cube
Given that the suface area of a cube is 72, find the length of one of its sides.
The standard equation for surface area is
where denotes side length. Rearrange the equation in terms of to find the length of a side with the given surface area:
Example Question #1 : Cubes
Find the length of an edge of the following cube:
The volume of the cube is .
The formula for the volume of a cube is
,
where is the length of the edge of a cube.
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Length Of An Edge Of A Cube
Find the length of an edge of the following cube:
The volume of the cube is .
The formula for the volume of a cube is
,
where is the length of the edge of a cube.
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of An Edge Of A Cube
What is the length of an edge of a cube that has a surface area of 54?
The surface area of a cube can be determined using the following equation:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Diagonal Of A Cube
Find the length of the diagonal connecting opposite corners of a cube with sides of length .
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Find the diagonal of one face of the cube using the Pythagorean Theorem applied to a triangle formed by two sides of that face ( and ) and the diagonal itself ():
This diagonal is now the base of a new right triangle (call this ). The height of that triangle is an edge of the cube that runs perpendicular to this diagonal (call this ). The third side of the triangle formed by and is a line from one corner of the cube to the other, i.e., the cube's diagonal (call this ). Use the Pythagorean Theorem again with the triangle formed by , , and to find the length of this diagonal.
Example Question #571 : Geometry
Find the length of the diagonal of the following cube:
To find the length of the diagonal, use the formula for a triangle:
The length of the diagonal is .
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