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Old 26-04-2009, 06:08 PM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
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Default Calculating gallons

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:01:26 EDT, Nick Cramer
wrote:

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" "The wrote:
7.48 gallons in a cubic foot.

3.14* diameter*Depth * 7.48 = gallons (diameter and depth in feet)


3,14*diameter gives you the circumference of the circle. When multiplied by
the depth, it gives you the surface area of the right circular cylinder,
not its volume.


Okay.... your explanation either went over my head or I didn't understand
the symbols used. Can you put it in a more simple form perhaps? Tx, ~ jan
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