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How to calculate the volume of the box

Suppose you face the task: how many boxes can be placed in the trunk of your car, if the volume is already known? The task is simple: calculate the volume of each box separately, fold and get the full volume of your shipment. Now you have to solve the minimum problem: calculate the volume of the box.

You will need

Tape measure or ruler
Box
Formula to calculate area of rectangle and volume of a parallelepiped

Instruction

By definition, geometric solids, box is a rectangular parallelepiped or a cube if all its sides are equal. According to a calculation formula of the volume of the parallelepiped is equal to the product of the area of the base to the height.

For our example the base of the box, we assume the line which it is on the surface. Let's call it a face ABCD along her sides.

According to the theorem the area of a rectangle equals the product of its two sides. Footprint find by measuring two mutually perpendicular sides: AB and BC. Or AD and CD, what is the same, because the parallel sides of a rectangle are equal.

The height of the parallelepiped in this case is the edge of the face AE. Finally calculated the volume of the box the formula for the volume of a parallelepiped: (see Fig.

This calculates the volume of the box having the form of a rectangular parallelogram, each face of which has the shape of a rectangle. The volume of the box in any other shape will be calculated according to other formulae.

Note

If you plan to fill boxes the trunk of a car, keep in mind that, typically, the trunk has an irregular geometric shape and computing to fill its boxes are approximate.

Useful advice

When you measure the sides of the box in centimeters, the result will be obtained in cubic centimeters (cm^3). The translation of cm^3 to cubic meters (m^3) the result is multiplied by 0.001. The translation of m^3 to liters, the result is multiplied by 1000.