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Subject: Calculating a persons volume Hi i am currently trying to calculate my volume. I have tried to do this using a tank of water and measuring the difference. i worked out that my volume is 112 litres. my question is that i want to make a box that would hold my volume and so i need to convert it into centimeters. i know that there are 100 cm^2 in a litre. if i divide this by 4 i would be 91x91x91ft. is this simply to do with density. if so how could i make this more realistic? |
Hi James.
There are 1000 cm3 in one litre, so your volume is 112 000 cm3. The cube root of this is 48.2 cm, so if you make a box that is half a meter cube, then you would have about the right size.
Stephen La Rocque.>
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