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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A question on volume

I found the following problem (#2 of SIMOC 2015 Sample Papers – Grade 10(Secondary 4)). The answer key is $V \gt 18 \pi$. In order to get the said answer, I can use brute force by setting up $$\dfrac {V}{(4/6)\pi 10^3} \gt (\dfrac {3}{10})^3$$ 1)…
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Calculating the number of dips of a drinking straw to fill a shot glass

I've been thinking about this for fun but sort of hit a brick wall. Using a standard drinking straw, how many times does one have to dip the straw into a jar of, say, whisky (trapping the liquid in the straw) in order to fill a 4cl shot glass. The…
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Volume of Gabriel's horn using double integral

I am trying to use a double integral to calculate the volume of Gabriel's horn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%27s_Horn $V = \int\int_R (x^2+y^2)^{-1/2} dx dy$ Converting to polar coordinates: $V = \int_{0}^{2\pi} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{r}…
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Find original height of inverted square-based pyramid that is truncated

The question is as follows: A swimming pool is being constructed so that it is the upper part of an inverted square‐based pyramid. Calculate H. From this, I was wondering how I would calculate the original height of this pyramid, as though the…
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Volume of a truncated conical frustum

If you have a conical frustum with a volume $$V_f=\frac{\pi h}{3}\left( r^2+rR+R^2 \right)$$ with $h$ being the distance between the bases, $r$ the radius of the smaller circle, and $R$ the radius of the larger. Then you truncate the frustum by a…
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Volume of tetrahedron from 4 "heights"

I'm looking for a formula to find the volume of a tetrahedron from four "heights"—not the edges or vertices, but from the distance of the vertices from a common origin. (I know this is not an actual height, would like to know the right word…) For…
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Volume of a curved cone

Apparently, the volume of this cone is (1/16)π(r^2)h. My question is why this is the case, can someone please geometrically explain the reason behind the 1/16 bit. The radius is supposed to be proportional to the square of its height. Thanks.
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Volume of a curved cone

Apparently, the volume of this cone is $\frac{1}{16}\pi r^2h$. My question is why this is the case, can someone please geometrically explain the reason behind the $\frac{1}{16}$ bit. Thanks.
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Finding Volume of a Cylinder with a hole (Real Life Problem)

So for my engineering coursework I need to have the masses all the parts I make. I know the density of the material I am using but I don't know the volume of this particular solid I'm about to describe. I'm wondering if anyone maybe would be able to…
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How can I estimate the volume of the region inside an open bounded set in dimension n at distance less than 1/n from its boundary?

How can I estimate the volume of the region inside an open bounded set in dimension $n$ at distance less than $1/n$ from its boundary?
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Volume of the smaller region of ellipsoid cut by plane

Find the volume of the smaller of the two regions into which the plane $$Ax + By + Cz = D$$ divides the interior of the ellipsoid $$\frac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} + \frac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} + \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{c^2}}} = 1$$
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Volume of the intersection of two lp balls.

Given (1) a $d$-dimensional space, (2) a $l_p$ ball of radius $r_1$, and (3) a $l_q$ ball of radius $r_2$, where $0
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How deep is the booze in my cocktail glass?

A cocktail glass is typically filled with 130 milliliters of liquid. My cocktail glass has a diameter of 115 millimeters. If I stick a needle in the middle of my filled cocktail glass, the booze would reach a height of 37.55 millimeters (ignoring…
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Volume of intersection between two equal cones with parallel axes

The two infinite cones (nappes) (each 45-degree wide) have parallel axes. They are oriented in opposite directions, and the top of one is inside the other, so that the common volume V is finite. How to express V as a function of the displacement…
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Two balls fit into a circular can.

Two balls fit into a circular can (See side-view below). What is the radius of each ball if the volume of the can is 100π cm^3?
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