Help, mathematically challenged

If it's water it holds 34.9 gallons.

28x18x16 = 8064 cu in

13x12x18 = 2808

Thanks for the help

Thanks for the help

This does all sort of tanks

RBM-

Both are correct...

~12.2 gallons & ~34.9 gallons

For reference the key for an easy calc is ...... 231 cubic inches per gallon

2808 cubic inches / 231 cubic inches per gallon = 12.2 gallons

cheers Bob

RBM wrote in news:515861f3$0$20197$ snipped-for-privacy@cv.net:

Someone might ask whether the decimal system is easier ...

You can do math using the google search field; in your case, it would be "x cubic inches to gallons", where "x" is the product of 28x18x6.

To put this all into one line, you could use the following syntax:

(28 * 18 * 6 ) cubic inches to gallons

Jon

~2*1.5*~0.9 --> ~3-minus

Jon Danniken wrote in news:kja703$d6q$1 @speranza.aioe.org:

First, the approximation:

The larger tank is about twice as long, and 1.5 times as wide, as the smaller one, while their heights are about the same -- so one would expect that its capacity is about 2 x

Now the exact calculation:

One cubic foot is about 7.5 gallons, so 4.67 cubic feet = 35 gallons.

Your smaller tank is 13 x 12 x 18 = 2808 cubic inches = 1.625 cubic feet = 12.2 gallons.

Decimal? The only arithmetic needed is decimal. I didn't use binary once. ;-)

Thanks to everyone. I wish I wasn't so mathematically challenged, but I sure am glad all you guys are out there.

Roy

If it's water it holds 34.9 gallons.

Take the dimensions in inches, multiply them. Whatever the big number you get, divide by 231 (the number of cubic inches in a gallon).

tia, Roy

Someone might ask whether the decimal system is easier ...

Google is getting pretty slick. The URL is pretty long so just try googling

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