Eureka!There really isn't a "formula" for discovering the volume of an irregularly shaped solid. Instead, submerge the irregular solid in water and measure the volume of water it displaces to discover its volume. The ExperimentFor finding the volume of an irregular solid we just fully dip (submerge) it in a water tank which is fully filled with water and is attached to an another tank (a cylindrical overflow tank) through a pipe. With the setup in place, we put the solid into the full tank. The solid will displace water, which will flow through the pipe into the overflow tank. Further, the volume of the water the solid displaces will be equal to the volume of that irregular solid. Now we calculate the volume of water in the overflow tank using the depth of that water and the diameter of the tank. The volume of the displaced water will equal the volume of the irregularly shaped solid.There will generally not be a formula and the volume will have to be measured in some other way.
Any irregular polygon does not have equal sides and equal interior angles
water displacement
If the figure is irregular, you can't calculate its area (for example) with some simple formula. You need to use integration - which basically means to divide the figure into many narrow strips, which you assume to be rectangles.
A sphere, an ellipsoid, a torus (donut), an irregular blob with no pointy bit.
ask the gods
Regular solids have all sides the same, irregular solids have different sides.
The volume of the irregular solid can be found by measuring the displaced water, which is 5ml. This means the volume of the irregular solid is also 5ml.
There is no formula. That's why it's called irregular!
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).
It depends on what kind of irregular shape you are talking about and the characteristics you want a formula for.
- has no dimensions
you can be determine irregular solid by its shapes and if it is not measurable by the ruler .
A triple beam balance or electronic balance will be used to measure the mass of an irregular solid. The object is placed on the balance, and the reading of the balance will indicate the mass of the irregular solid.
a rock
what is it
To find the density of an irregular shape solid lighter than water, you can use the following steps: Weigh the solid in air to determine its mass (m). Weigh the solid while it is fully submerged in water to determine its apparent mass (m'). Calculate the density using the formula: Density = (m / (m - m')) * density of water.