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Volume of Prisms and Cylinders

Volume of Prisms and Cylinders

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Author: Leif Park Jordan
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    Derive and apply the formula for finding the volume of prisms and cylinders, being sure to discuss units.

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    Provide practice examples solving for the volume of prisms and cylinders, reviewing how to report answers in terms of pi () for cylinders

 

This packet should help a learner seeking to understand how to find the volume of prisms and cylinders.

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Tutorial

Volume of a Cube

This video explains how to find the volume of a cube.

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Source: JoeBaxter on Guaranteach

Volume of a Right Rectangular Prism

This video explains how to find the volume of a rectangular prism.

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Volume of Other Prisms

This video explains how to find the volume of prisms other than right rectangular prisms.

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Volume of a Right Circular Cylinder

This video explains how to find the volume of a right circular cylinder.

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Derivation of the Formula for the Volume of a Cylinder

Once one understands how to find the volume of a prism, the derivation of the volume of a cylinder is fairly trivial. Cylinders are, essentially, just prisms with a circular base, so finding the volume of a cylinder is just like finding the volume of a cylinder.

The formula for the volume of a prism is V = B * h, where V is volume, B is the area of the base, and h is the height of the prism. The base of a cylinder is a circle, which has area πr2. Height, obviously, is the same in a cylinder as it is in a prism. By substituting πr2 for B in the formula for the volume of a prism, we arrive at the formula for the volume of a cylinder:

V = πr2h.

Comparison Between Cylinders and Prisms

Volume of an Oblique Circular Cylinder

This video explains how to find the volume of an oblique circular cylinder.

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Source: JoeBaxter on Guaranteach

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