Calculating the volume of a toblerone shaped structure?

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Oct 10, 2010 | 06:53 PM

Dingdongler

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Calculating the volume of a toblerone shaped structure?

It's been a long time since I did geometry. I need to calculate the volume of a cylinder that is triangular in structure ie like a Toblerone.

Is it height x base x length divided by two?

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Oct 10, 2010 | 06:57 PM

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1/2 base x height x length

Oct 10, 2010 | 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Dingdongler

It's been a long time since I did geometry. I need to calculate the volume of a cylinder that is triangular in structure ie like a Toblerone.

Is it height x base x length divided by two?

Thanks

A cylinder is circle base tthough....

Oct 10, 2010 | 07:01 PM

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Put it in water and record the displacement.

Oct 10, 2010 | 07:07 PM

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Put it in water and record the displacement.

+1 for the Toblerone at least, the apex is curved and the additional segment gaps would render the standard method of calculation useless.

Oct 10, 2010 | 07:18 PM

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If above fails see if you can look up its density if it is a common material and weigh it?

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Oct 10, 2010 | 07:23 PM

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Sorry, it's not a cylinder then. Jaybird, it's not actually a bar of Toblerone mate with segments etc

Actually it's a roof structure that is triangular in shape.

I think pacenote is correct

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Oct 10, 2010 | 07:24 PM

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Melt the Toblerone, and as per the tag line of a user on here or some other forum, coat yourself in it and feed yourself to the lesbians. It might not give you the answer, but it could be a lot of fun.

Oct 10, 2010 | 07:26 PM

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Spent the whole weekend feeding myself to lesbians, bored of that now...

Oct 10, 2010 | 07:45 PM

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The volume of any regular shape is given by:

Cross sectional area x length.

In this case, the cross sectional area, it being a triangle, would be

1/2 x base x height

Oct 10, 2010 | 08:18 PM

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In this case, the cross sectional area, it being a triangle, would be

1/2 x base x height

Only if it's equilateral.

Oct 10, 2010 | 10:46 PM

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Only if it's equilateral.

doesn't matter if it's equilateral or not

area = 1/2 base x perpendicular height

Oct 11, 2010 | 08:57 AM

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doesn't matter if it's equilateral or not

area = 1/2 base x perpendicular height

Quite

What's equilateral got to do with it tony?

Oct 11, 2010 | 09:32 AM

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See here for a maffs lesson .... http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/proje...i9/bk7_9i5.htm

Sorry, no lesbian s3x involved!

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Oct 11, 2010 | 10:14 AM

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Cross sectional area multiplied by length I imagine.

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Oct 11, 2010 | 10:26 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alcazar

The volume of any regular shape is given by:

Cross sectional area x length.

In this case, the cross sectional area, it being a triangle, would be

1/2 x base x height

+1 and no it doesn't matter whether the triangle is equilateral or not.