Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Calculating pond/tank volume is really quite easy. Certainly easier
than calculating solutions! In inches, length x width x depth = some random number, then divide it by 231 and it gives you the volume in question. In your case that would be 144 x 168 x 2 = 48,284 divided by 231 = 209.46 gallons give or take. Lilly |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Calculating pond/tank volume is really quite easy. Certainly easier
than calculating solutions! In inches, length x width x depth = some random number, then divide it by 231 and it gives you the volume in question. In your case that would be 144 x 168 x 2 = 48,284 divided by 231 = 209.46 gallons give or take. Lilly That's what I came out with, only I turned the inches in to a decimal foot of .16666............. 12 X 14 X .1666 X 7.48 and came out with same answer. ;o) Aaaah, the wonders of math & numbers. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Yes indeed. There isn't always one right forumla.
Back in high school it used to drive my advanced math teacher bonkers when I would use a different path/formula to reach the same answer. The way she "taught" I could never grasp the concept(s). At home my dad, a Civil Engineer, would teach me an alternate way of doing things. I distinctly remember a conversation where she insisted I do it *her* way because that was the right way. Uh huh. My Civil Engineer dad, who was designing fish ladders, calculating stress loads on floors etc, was apparently doing it all wrong. It's a wonder the projects didn't collapse. ;-) For me, simpler is better. Obligatory pond comment: The goldfish are happy out there in the pond. They must be stuffing themselves silly with nature's buffet. My friend tells me they aren't all that interested in the pellets he's tossing in. The fantail has figured out how to compress the two fans and use his "one" tail fin to move faster. The Oranda still bumbles along. I wonder if they'll be eating the lily blooms that I need for the next competition. ;-) |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Is a Big Hunk of Steak Worth Almost 2,000 Gallons of Water? | Gardening | |||
Is a Big Hunk of Steak Worth Almost 2,000 Gallons of Water? | Gardening | |||
Is a Big Hunk of Steak Worth Almost 2,000 Gallons of Water? | Edible Gardening |