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volume

Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:47 pm

have a square plastic barrel that is 5 feet by 6 feet need to know how many gallons it holds need help please

Re: volume

Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:30 am

leon wrote:have a square plastic barrel that is 5 feet by 6 feet need to know how many gallons it holds need help please


Three dimensions are required to calculate the volume (width, height, length). You provided only two.

To calculate how many gallons it holds you first multiply the three dimensions together (5*6*?). You'll get the volume of your barrel in cubic feet. Then you can use our volume conversion page to convert it from cubic feet to gallons.

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