User talk:Pritchsj

Hi Steve,

To respond to your e-mail, re:


 * To calculate the volume of any item with 3 sides (e.g. a piece of luggage), measure each side of the item along it’s edge. For example its height (70cm), its width (40cm) and its length (30cm) in centimetres and simply multiple them together to get its volume in millilitres cubed. Then divide by 1000 to get it litres.  - Eg ( 70cm x 40cm x 30cm ) / 1000 = 84 litres.


 * few (if any) items have 3 sides -- all items do have 3 dimensions
 * formula only works for rectangular solids - not ANY item
 * cm * cm * cm <> mm^3
 * solid objects are rarely measured in litres - what you may be wanting to do is find the capacity of a container - using the INSIDE measurements
 * most containers have much less volume than they have capacity - this is most apparent for OPEN containers. How much space a closed contianer occupies is a matter of interpretation of "occupies" - people will disagree about whether it occupies the empty space within it
 * formula more appropriate for volume article - where it already is included for rectangular prisms

Cheers -- & don't let one disappointment stop you from editing --JimWae 03:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)