Volume
The volume of an object is a measure of the amount of space that it occupies. Note that volume only applies to three-dimensional figures.
Contents
Finding Volume
This section covers the methods to find volumes of common Euclidean objects.
Prism
The volume of a prism of height and base of area
is
.
Pyramid
The volume of a pyramid of height and base of area
is
.
Sphere
The volume of a sphere of radius is
.
Cylinder
The volume of a cylinder of height and radius
is
. (Note that this is just a special case of the formula for a prism.)
Cone
The volume of a cone of height and radius
is
. (Note that this is just a special case of the formula for a pyramid.)
Problems
Introductory
- Centers of adjacent faces of a unit cube are joined to form a regular octahedron. What is the volume of this octahedron? (Source)
Intermediate
- A tripod has three legs each of length
feet. When the tripod is set up, the angle between any pair of legs is equal to the angle between any other pair, and the top of the tripod is
feet from the ground. In setting up the tripod, the lower 1 foot of one leg breaks off. Let
be the height in feet of the top of the tripod from the ground when the broken tripod is set up. Then
can be written in the form
where
and
are positive integers and
is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find
(The notation
denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to
) (Source)