Showing posts with label height of pyramid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label height of pyramid. Show all posts

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Volume in cubic miles

We must think of the irregularly shaped object as a collection of known geometric shapes. Remember the formulas for are of a rectangle and a semicircle. We need to recall that the formula for Volume is area of base multiplied by height.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Calculating the Volume of a Pyramid

The formula is 1/3 of the area of the base of the pyramid multiplied by the height or the pyramid.