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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Fitting small cubes into a bigger container

This is a simple question that I have done on a test paper, but the given answer is confusing me. The question states that a person has a bunch of cubes of volume 3 cubic centimetres. The person also has a container of size 6cm x 6cm x 3cm. What is…
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How do I graduate a cylinder glass in milliliters?

Today I decided to cook something, but then I realized there is a critical item missing − a measuring glass. Being a programmer and all, I decided this wouldn't be much of a problem, as I could probably graduate it knowing its radius and…
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How can you measure out six liters of water?

You want to prepare a tub for your favorite game, dunking for apples. You have two buckets. One of the buckets will hold $4$ liters of water and the other will hold $9$ liters. There are no markings on either bucket to indicate smaller…
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Can the volume be non positive?

I have a question please I have asked my teacher if the area could be negative she said :no never But what about the volume ? E.x If $y=x+2$ and $y=-x-2$,$x=0$ about x-axis The volume become zero!And about y-axis it becomes in negative ! Why…
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Find the volume $y=x^2 [0,2]$

Find the volume of the solid whose base is the region bounded between the curve $y=x^2$ and $x$-axis $[0,2]$ and whose cross-section taken perpendicular to the $x$-axis are squares. My solution $$V = \int_0^2\pi f(x)^2\,\mathrm dx = \int_0^2\pi…
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volume of a solid - rotation $y$-axis

Let $y=g_{a}(x)=\sqrt{x}-\sqrt{a}$ be a function. The graph of the function $g_a$ together with the coordinate axes bounds a region. Now this region will be rotated about the line $y=\sqrt{a}$. Determine the volume of this solid. What I did. I…
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Volume using spherical coordinates.

I have to get the volume of the set $E=\{(x,y,z) : x^2+y^2+z^2 \leq r^2, x^2+y^2-rx \geq 0, x^2+y^2+rx \geq 0\}$. Are spherical coordinates the best way to go?, because if i put $$x = p\cos\theta\sin\psi \\ y= p\sin\theta\sin\psi \\ z =…
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Volume of section of tube with a tapering wall thickness

Let's say I have a 50mm length of tube with a 28mm outer diameter. The wall thickness starts at .8mm and tapers to .6mm. What would be the total volume of that piece of tubing? I can calculate the area of a cross section of that tube by adding the…
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Volume in spherical units

I'm working on Cavendish's original analysis of his experiment. Cavendish does not use equations or standard units. For instance, he states the weight of the lead weights by taking the weight of a sphere of water of 1 foot in diameter as unit. He…
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Volumes of solids formed by revolution of curve

While finding the volumes of solids formed by revolution of 2-D curve , I think we should consider frustum shaped elemental rigs rather than cylindrical because in cylindrical part volume calculated may be more than the actual one. Also, when we…
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how would I calculate how many ping pong balls fit into a cylinder?

I want to make a lamp made of ping pong balls in a large glass vase and need to calculate the the required amount of ping pong balls
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How to calculate how much items fit inside a box?

This is a simple question but I just want to make sure. I am creating a SQL program where I am trying to calculate how many cartons go on a pallet for Shipping Routing purposes. A pallet is made up of cartons and cartons are made of items. I have…
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calculate number of round cylinders that can be made of one big cylinder?

Disclaimer warning : i am not a math genius. Im trying to calculate how many smaller cylinders i can cut out from a big cylinder, and i was abit fast in my calculation :D I have the following : I have a big massive cylinder that is 30 meters in…
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How can I calculate the n-dimensional volume of a set of grid points

I'm dealing with the problem of estimating the volume of a cloud of points in 16 dimensional space. The points are from a grid and are discretised evenly in each dimension. Note also, I am assuming that all points come from the single connected…
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Another formula for a cylinder's Volume??

Ok, so I thought about this but it doesn't make any sense. Let's say we have a cylinder with height h and the radius of the base r. Let's say I cut the cylinder vertically so it traces a rectangular shape, which has length and width of h and 2r. If…
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