What are the dimensions of a can that holds 12 fluid ounces?

Answer 1

The first thing to do is to convert fluid ounces into a unit like cubic inches or cubic centimeters. You can get the conversions here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce

For example 1 fl oz = 1.8 cubic inches roughly

so 12 fl oz = 1.8*12 = 21.6 cubic inches

Assuming your can is a cylinder, volume = base times height. Since a cylinder's base is a circle, this turns into:

volume = pi * (radius squared) * height.

If you know the area of the base, or the height, or the radius, you can find the other 2 by using these formulas. For example if you knew the height was 10 inches, you could plug that in to find the area of the base:

21.6 = base * 10

21.6 / 10 = base

2.16 square inches = base