document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=91560>Question 91560</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the volume of a bucket? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #66505 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=66505\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You need to re-post this problem with a little better explanation of what you are looking for.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here are some of the questions I have:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Are you looking for the volume that the bucket is capable of containing? Or are you looking<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for the volume of the material that the bucket is made of?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Are you looking for a mathematical solution, or just a \"real-world\" physical solution?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you are looking for a mathematical solution, you need to specify the shape of the bucket<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and its dimensions. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "However, if you are looking for a practical solution you can do it this way:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to find the volume that the bucket can carry, you can fill it to the brim with<BR>\n" );
document.write( "water. Then pour the contents out into quart jars. Measure the number of quarts plus the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "last partial quart and multiply your answer by 0.0334 to convert the quarts to cubic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "feet. For example, if you fill the bucket to the brim and pour out the contents into<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6.48 quart jars, the volume that the bucket holds is 6.48 times 0.0334 or 0.216432 cubic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a little different real world problem to find the volume of the material which makes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "up the bucket.  Set a tub inside another tub. Fill the inside tub to the brim with water.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then carefully and slowly sink the bucket (on its side) into the water of the inner tub<BR>\n" );
document.write( "until the bucket is fully submerged. It will displace water which will spill over the brim <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the inner tub and be caught by the outer tub.  Drain the spilled water from the outer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tub. This spilled water will be equal to the volume of the material that comprises the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bucket.  As you did previously, you can pour this spilled water into quart measures<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and multiply the number of quarts (or parts thereof) by 0.0334 to find the number of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cubic feet. This answer in cubic feet will equal the volume of the material in the bucket.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps explain to you the difference methods that might be applied. If you are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "looking for a math solution, you need to provide more information about the dimensions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the bucket (shape and critical measures).<BR>\n" );
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