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Tutors Answer Your Questions about Volume (FREE)
Question 182748: Solve the following problem and explain how the Pythagorean Theorem is used to find an answer.
A baseball diamond is in the shape of a square, with the distance between consecutive bases of 90 feet. The second baseman wants to make an out at home plate. How far must he throw the ball?
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Question 183097: What is the volume of a goldfish that's in a fish tank 10 inches by 14 inches by 12 inches high and when the goldfish is taken out, the water level in the tank drops 1/3 inch? Round volume to the nearest cubic inch.
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Question 184223: If you cut a 1-inch square out of each corner of an 8.5-by-11-inch piece of paper and forld it into a box without a lid, what is the volume of the container?
My Work: Since it is a 1 inch square I subtracted 2 inches from each side which would leave me with 6.5 and 9 inches and then I multiplied those together and got 58.5 and I need the top number of the cube to multiply 58.5 by but Im not sure what it would be, I think it is 6.5 which would make the answer V=380.25cm3
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Question 186555: I'm getting ready to take a iron workers class.I know one of the problems will be on how much concrete it will take to fill three different containers.My kids are not far enough in school to help.If someone could show me how to figure a problem I would much appreciate it.Thank you.
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Question 187618: I have the answer, I need to know how to get there:
A steel drum in the shape of a right cylinder is required to have a volume of 100 cubic feet.
a) Express the amount A of material required to make the drum as a function of the radius r of the cylinder : A(r)=2 x pi x r^2 + 200/r
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Question 188908: A square pyramid with a height of 12 inches and the base is a square with side length 10 inches. Compute the surface area and volume of the object.
I missed this question. I used V= 1/3bh and A=1/2bh and I dont know where I messed up at.
Thankyou for your time.
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Question 189156: A circular swimming pool contains about 300 gallons of water. The water is 2 feet deep. What is the diameter of the pool?
(you may wish to use one of the following: (1 ft^3 = 7.5 gallons or 1 gallon = 231 in^3)
Thankyou for your time :)
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