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It depends on the shape of the tank.

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Q: What is the formula to work out the volume of a water tank?
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How do you measure capacity of a tank?

The answer depends on whether or not the tank has a geometric shape. If it has a shape that can be broken up into simply geometric shapes, each with a volume formula, you can calculate the volume of each section and add them together. Obviously that will not work with a random shape. In that case, you can fill the tank to capacity and then empty it out into measuring jars or flasks. Use the volume of the jars to calculate the volume of the tank.


What is the formula in finding the volume of irregular solid?

There is no formula for finding the volume of an irregular solid. One method is water displacement which works as follows: Fill a graduated container with water and read off the volume of water. Then you submerge the irregular shaped solid in the water and measure the volume inside the container again. The difference between the two levels is the volume of the solid. This clearly cannot work for solids that are soluble in water. Other fluids may have to be used in such cases. Also, it will not work if the solid floats on water, but in that case you can submerge it using additional weights (whose volume you have measured).


How many gallons of water per square foot are there in a water tank?

> Best work with cubic feet, first calculate the volume of the tank in cubic feet: = Length * width * height (all dimensions in feet) Then : For US gallons, multiply volume (cubic feet) by 7.4805 For UK gallons, multiply volume (cubic feet) by 6.2288


What is the formula for finding the volume of a copper?

If you refer to a copper coin, simply place it in a measuring glass of water and work out the difference between the start and final volumes; that is the volume of the coin.


How do you work the formula of a sphere?

You replace the radius in the formula, and do the calculations, to obtain either the volume or the area, depending on what formula you are talking about.


How do you find water tank capacity?

1 meter high, 1 meter wide, 2 meters long. The tank is only half full of water.


How do you work out the volume of displaced water from an anchor that lies on the bottom of the ocean?

volume after anchor was in water minus volume of water without anchor in it = the volume of the anchor


Is there an easy way to work out the volume of water in liters of an oval water tank?

If the oval tank is standing with the water level parallel to the oval bottom then the surface area of the oval times the water depth is the volume. V = A x h Oval is an unprecise term. If you had said elliptical it would be easier knowing the major and minor axes. If the tank is lying down, or at any other angle than standing up, with the water surface NOT parallel to the oval bottom it becomes rather difficult.


Why does the formula lwh work for finding the volume?

Because nothing else works.


Why does the formula for the volume of a sphere work?

Because when working out volumes the answer is given in cubic units and the radius in the formula for finding the volume of a sphere is cubed: Volume of a sphere in cubic units = 4/3*pi*radius3


If a cylinder water tank with volume of 137.85856 is pumped out at 36 cubit feet per min how long will it take to empty the tank?

A cubit equals 1.5 feet so a cubit foot is a measure of area in 2-dimensional space, not of volume. A pump cannot work at a rate of area - it needs to be measured in volume. Consequently, the question cannot be answered.


How does displacement work?

Water displacement works by calculating the volume of water displaced by submerging an object. This volume corresponds to the volume of the object that was submerged.