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VolumeCalculator Truncated pyramid or frustum

Calculatevolumeofatruncated of a pyramid is a pyramid whose
rectangularpyramid vertex is cut away by a plane
andsurfaceareas,surfacetovolumeratio,lengthsof parallel to the base. The distance
sluntsandlengthofedgeforrighttruncated between the bottom and the top
rectangularpyramids bases is the truncated pyramid
height h. This page calculates
volume of any truncated pyramid whose bottom and top bases
are rectangles with sides a, b and c, d respectively. The
calculation formulas refer to the top base as simply top, and the
bottom base as base for brevity's sake. This truncated pyramid
has 6 faces, i.e. base, top and 4 lateral faces. The selection of
measurement Unit is optional.

[*] denotes calculations that are valid for right rectangular

truncated pyramids only.

a: 5 b: 7 c: 1 d: 3 h: 12 inch
precision: 2 Formulas|Surface to volume|Reference

Volume to Weight:

show all units [*]Surfacetovolumeratio

Volume R=SAV
V=16h =1.19
(B+(a+c)(b+d)+T) Surface area to volume ratio is also
=16h known as surface to volume ratio
(ab+(a+c)(b+d)+cd) and denoted as sa/vol or SAV,
=196 where SAV = surface area volume
centimeter 3211.86 meter 0
foot 0.11 micron 3.2110+15
Imperial gallon 0.71 mile 7.7110-13
inch 196 millimeter 3211864.54
kilometer 3.2110-12 oil barrel 0.02
liter 3.21 US gallon 0.85

Unit Surface Area (SA) Unit

all [*]SA(ac)= [*]SA(bd)= [*]Lateral [*]Total
Base Top
B=ab T=cd (a+c) (b+d) L= SA=B+T+L=
=35 =3 slant(a)= slant(b)= 2SA(ac)+ ab+cd+
(a+c) (b+d) 2SA(bd)= 2SA(ac)+
(bd)+h (ac)+h (a+c) 2SA(bd)=
=36.5 =60.83 slant(a)+ ab+cd+
(b+d) (a+c)
slant(b)= slant(a)+
(a+c) (b+d)
(bd)+h slant(b)=
+(b+d) ab+cd+
(ac)+h (a+c)
=194.65 (bd)+h

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+(b+d)
(ac)+h
=232.65
centimeter 225.81 19.35 235.46 392.44 1255.79 1500.95 centimeter
foot 0.24 0.02 0.25 0.42 1.35 1.62 foot
inch 35 3 36.5 60.83 194.65 232.65 inch

kilometer 2.2610-8 1.9410-9 2.3510-8 3.9210-8 1.2610-7 1.510-7 kilometer

meter 0.02 0 0.02 0.04 0.13 0.15 meter

mile 8.7210-9 7.4710-10 9.0910-9 1.5210-8 4.8510-8 5.810-8 mile

millimeter 22580.6 1935.48 23546.13 39243.55 125579.36 150095.44 millimeter

Unit Length of
all [*] [*]
Base Base Base Top Top Top height
a b Perimeter c d Perimeter h slant(a)= slant(b)=
=5 =7 p= =1 =3 p= =12 (bd)+h (ac)+h
2(a+b) 2(c+d) =12.17 =12.17
=24 =8

centimeter 12.7 17.78 60.96 2.54 7.62 20.32 30.48 30.9 30.9
foot 0.42 0.58 2 0.08 0.25 0.67 1 1.01 1.01
inch 5 7 24 1 3 8 12 12.17 12.17

kilometer 0 0 0 2.5410-5 7.6210-5 0 0 0 0

meter 0.13 0.18 0.61 0.03 0.08 0.2 0.3 0.31 0.31

mile 7.8910-5 0 0 1.5810-5 4.7310-5 0 0 0 0

CalculationFormulas

Volume
V=16h(B+(a+c)(b+d)+T)=16h(ab+(a+c)(b+d)+cd)

[*]Surfacetovolumeratio

R=SAV

SurfaceArea(SA),Base
B=ab

SurfaceArea(SA),Top
T=cd

SurfaceArea(SA),[*]SA(ac)=(a+c)slant(a)=(a+c)(bd)+h

SurfaceArea(SA),[*]SA(bd)=(b+d)slant(b)=(b+d)(ac)+h

SurfaceArea(SA),[*]Lateral
L=2SA(ac)+2SA(bd)=(a+c)slant(a)+(b+d)slant(b)=(a+c)(bd)+h+(b+d)
(ac)+h

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SurfaceArea(SA),[*]Total
SA=B+T+L=ab+cd+2SA(ac)+2SA(bd)=ab+cd+(a+c)slant(a)+(b+d)slant(b)=ab+cd+
(a+c)(bd)+h+(b+d)(ac)+h

BasePerimeter
p=2(a+b)

TopPerimeter
p=2(c+d)

[*]slant(a)=(bd)+h

[*]slant(b)=(ac)+h

[*]Edge

e=(ac)+slant(a)=((ac)+(bd))+h

Reference
I.N. Bronshtein, K.A. Semendyayev, Gerhard Musiol,
Heiner Mhlig.
Handbook of Mathematics.
Springer.
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
2007.

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