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?:wonder:

Thanks:)

1/2 base x height x length :thumb:

A cylinder is circle base tthough.... :Suspiciou

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.

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

dl

Sorry, it's not a cylinder then. Jaybird, it's not actually a bar of Toblerone mate with segments etc:lol1:

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

I think pacenote is correct:thumb:

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.

Spent the whole weekend feeding myself to lesbians, bored of that now...:lol1:

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

Only if it's equilateral.

doesn't matter if it's equilateral or not

area = 1/2 base x perpendicular height

Quite:rolleyes:

What's equilateral got to do with it tony?

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

Sorry, no lesbian s3x involved!

Dave

Cross sectional area multiplied by length I imagine.

Les

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

Incorrect - go to the bottom of the class!

All I know is that due to constant Father Day presents, I have quite a few on the top shelf in the kitchen going white :cry:

I doubt that he can now!

Les :D

He was already there:lol1: