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Volume and capacity are both volumes.
Capacity is the volume inside a container (ie how much space there is in it, or alternatively expressed as how much it can hold when full) whereas the volume of a container is the amount of space it itself takes up.
For example, a crate that is made from 1 cm thick wood that is 100cm x 50cm x 50cm on the outside has:
volume = 100cm x 50cm x 50cm = 250000 cm3 = 250 litres
capacity = 98cm x 48cm x 48cm = 225792 cm3 ≈ 226 litres
(Each wall is 1 cm think, so the inside length is 100cm - 1cm (for one wall) - 1 cm (for the wall at the other end) = 100cm - 2cm = 98cm, etc)
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What is the Formula to find capacity when given volume?
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What are the differences between similarities and solution?
Similarities are like something but not the sameSolution is a way of solving a problem
What is the volume of a cube of 5cm?
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What is the formula for calculating the capacity of a drinking straw?
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What is the volume of a sphere with at 12 diameter?
The volume is 904.78 units3
What is volume capacity?
volume and capacity is math
What is the volume of the capacity?
Capacity is the volume of the container.
What Does Capacity Have To Do With Volume?
Capacity is potential volume; that is the volume that you can put into a container.
How many cubic units needed to fill the space inside a figure?
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What is the common reason for capacity and volume being different?
Because volume is what fills capacity.
Is a punch bowl a capacity or volume?
capacity
The lung volume that represents the total volume of exchangeable air is the?
vital capacity
What is a metric unit of capacity or volume that is equal to 1000 millimeters?
There is no metric unit of capacity or volume that is equal to 1000 millimeters. This is because millimeters is length, and it has no relevance to capacity and/or volume.
What is the relationship between mass and capacity?
Mass is how much matter there is in something. Capacity is like volume.
Is capacity the same as volume?
Yes, volume is the same as capacity. For instance, a pint pot can hold a pint, and so its capacity is a pint, or it will overflow.
What does total lung capacity equals?
Total lung volume equals Vital Capacity + Residual Volume.
What is the relationship between capacity and volume?
Capacity is how much a something will hold or is able to do. When dealing with solids or liquids or gases, capacity is given in terms of volume.
