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A barrel on its side 2008-11-13
From Dave:
Question from Dave:

How many gallons are left in a 36x60 in. barrel (laying on its side) and has 16 in. of gasoline left. I have attached a diagram.

Answered by Harley Weston.
A tank, 5/9 full of water 2020-07-28
From Nat:
A rectangular tank contains 1200cmsquare of water when it is 5 out of 9 full . Its base area is 80cmsquare . Find the height of the tank.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Filling a 48 cubic meter tank 2020-01-19
From kamohelo:
An empty tank for storing water from a borehole has a volume of 480m3 if it is filled by a pump that pump water at a rate of 16L/s how many hours will it take the pump to fill this tank
Answered by Penny Nom.
A cylindrical water tank with a leak 2017-06-01
From Alexander:
if a cylindrical water tank has diameter of 90cm and leak starts at the bottom 10 litres in an hour. how long will it take for the level to fall by 20cm
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 2 million gallon tank 2016-09-28
From Kimberly:
I have a tank that is shaped like a cylinder, and it has to hold 2 million gallons of water. There is a height limit of 30 ft. I know the equation is V=pi x r squared x h but I don't know if I need anything For the square foot of water.
Answered by Penny Nom.
A tilted cylinder tank 2016-03-28
From Astri:
I have a problem determining the fluid level for tilted cylinder tank. Actually I've found some solution here for horizontal cylinder tank. What if the cylinder is tilted at a certain degree, for example 30 degree from the vertical axis.
Thank you.

Answered by Penny Nom.
A waste oil tank 2015-06-13
From Angela:
a waste oil tank is 5 feet wide and 20 feet long, the empty tank on your truck holds 5000 gallons. If 7.48 gallons are in every cubic foot, what is the maximum depth the oil can be to completely fit into your truck?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A rectangular concrete tank 2015-03-24
From mwenge:
What is the length ,width and height for the rectangular concrete tank that can have capacity of 50000 liters of water?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A word problem with fractions 2015-02-11
From Omokayode:
A vehicle tank was 3/5 full of petrol. When 21 litres of fuel was added it was 5/6 full. How many litres of petrol can the tank hold?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A cubical tank 2014-04-01
From renzo:
A cubical tank contains 2048 cubic ft of water when HALF-FULL. Find the total area of the tank and the length of its diagonal
Answered by Penny Nom.
Related rates 2014-01-30
From Veronica:
A container is the shape of an inverted right circular cone has a radius of 1.00 inches at the top and a height of 5.00 inches. At the instant when the water in the container is 1.00 inches deep, the surface level is falling at the rate of -2.00 inches/second. Find the rate at which the water is being drained.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Water use in a rectangular flush tank 2013-05-10
From milo:
A rectangular flush tank 22" by 71/4 contains water to depth of 17" how many gallons of water will be saved if a conservation device reduces the capacity to 3/5 of this amount? And reduced to the nearest tenth
Answered by Penny Nom.
A tank with an inner walled compartment 2012-10-12
From don:
I have a tank 20 feet diameter, 19' 8" tall with an inner walled compartment that has a 7' 6" radius arc with in the tank. I need to figure out the volume of the inner area and the volume of the larger area.
Answered by Harley Weston.
The volume of fluid in a tank 2012-09-06
From Dave:
I have vertical round flat bottom tanks of various dimensions. It is easy to find total volume but I would like to know how to figure out the coversion factor to go from how many centimeters of liquid is in the tank to the number of total cubic meters of volume. So if my float gauge on the tank says there is 50 cm of fluid in the tank, how many cubic meter of total volume is there?
Answered by Harley Weston.
A cubical tank 2012-07-07
From jake:
a storage tank is in the form of a cube. when it is full of water,the volume of water is 15.625 m cube. if the present depth of water is 1.3m, find the volume of water already used from tank
Answered by Penny Nom.
A water tank is in the shape of a truncated cone 2012-03-08
From Victoria:
Suppose you have a water tank in the shape of a truncated cone. The larger diameter is K, the smaller diameter is K/2, and the height is also K (all measured in meters). The force of gravity on an object of mass, m, is F=9.8m (measured in Newtons). The density of the water is 1000 kilograms per cubic meter. What is the volume of the tank and how much mass will the tank have when it is full?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Measuring the liquid in a horizontal tank 2012-02-28
From Philip:
I have a steel gas tank that is 3' dia X 5' length. The total volume is 1000 litres. But how much is left when I use a stick and measure 6" from the bottom or 12" or 24" ?? Is there a formula to use for this task?

Thanks.

Answered by Harley Weston.
A 3000 gallon tank 2011-12-08
From Delores:
I need to know what size to build a tank to hold 3000 gallons of water one side needs to be 8 ft width X 6 ft height how long does it need to be?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Water pouring into a conical tank 2011-11-21
From Patience:
Hi my name is patience and I'm having a problem with this question.
Water pours into a conical tank of semi vertical angle 30 degrees at the rate of 4 cm^3/s, where h is the depth of the water at time t. At what rate is the water rising in the tank when h = 10 cm?
Thank you

Answered by Penny Nom.
The height of a fluid in a horizontal tank 2011-07-24
From jason:
Same set up as many others, cylindrical tank on its side, but I am interested in defining the change in volume and/or fluid level as a function of time at a constant volumetric outflow. I plan on hooking a pump to the tank so "gpms' will be constant. I have a couple different sized tanks and pumps so I want a general equation. Thanks for your help.
Answered by Harley Weston.
Two conical tanks 2011-02-17
From rustom:
Two vertical conical tanks (both inverted) have their vertices connected by a short horizontal pipe. One tank, initially full of water, has an altitude of 6 ft. and a diameter of base 7 ft. The other tank, initially empty, has an altitude of 9 ft., and a diameter of base 8 ft. If the water is allowed to flow through the connecting pipe, find the level to which the water will ultimately rise in the empty tank (Neglect the water in the pipe.)
Answered by Penny Nom.
Calibrating a conical tank 2011-02-05
From Bill:
Hi, I have a round tank with tapered sides where I know the diameter at the top and bottom. Is there a formula I can use to calculate the volume by measuring from the bottom up the side (at the angle of the side) to any given point? Thanks, Bill
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
A fence around a water tank 2011-02-01
From Heath:
I am building a fence around a water tank. the fence is to be in the shape of a normal octagon. The tank has a circumference of 57 ' 6''. I would like the fence to be 3 ft from the tank at the skinny point . How would I calculate(for the simple guy) where to set each of my 4x4 posts at the 8 corners. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Answered by Harley Weston.
A cylindrical tank 2011-01-16
From tom:
A cylindrical tank, 1 ft in diameter, length 6 ft , is placed so that its axis is horizontal. How many pounds of water will be used in filling it to a depth of 9in. , if water weighs 62.4 lbs. per cu. ft.?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 400 gallon oil tank 2011-01-08
From theresa:
we have a oil tank that holds 400 gallons of oil currently there is 11/16 volume in the tank how many gallons are there?
Answered by Harley Weston.
A 400 gallon drum 2010-11-04
From Jerry:
Question from Jerry:

I want to build A tank. able to hold 400 gallons of asphalt sealer it will be round . basically like A old fuel oil drum but made with heavy material . math ? was I want tank to hold 400 gallons I think the length of 60" would be perfect. I don't know what diameter or radius of tank needs to be . to make it A 400 Gallon tank

Answered by Harley Weston.
How many cubic metres of water can safely be stored in the tank? 2010-09-10
From susanna:
This water tank is a perfect sphere with an inner radius of 12 metres. However, they used inferior materials to build the water tank, and the tank can only withstand a water pressure of 185 kiloPascals. Assume the density of water is exactly 1000 kg/m3, gravity is 9.8 metres/s2, and disregard atmospheric pressure. How many cubic metres of water can safely be stored in the tank? Round DOWN to the nearest whole number (since rounding up could be catastrophic in this instance!), and please submit only a number with no other information.
Answered by Robert Dawson.
How many gallons do I need to finish filling the tank? 2010-06-14
From Bruce:
I have a tank on it's side. 44" dia. by 72" long, I'm 6" from having tank full. How many gallons do I need to finish filling tank?
Answered by Harley Weston.
A fuel tank with a broken gage 2010-05-28
From Kinsley:
Hello, I have a fuel tank with a broken gage. It is a 2000 gallon tank. The dimensions are 64" dia. x 146" long. The fuel gage doesn't work, so the only measurement I can do is put a stick in it to see what is left. Currently it is at 19". PLEASE NOTE: the tank is laying on its side, meaning the long side is on the ground. So, how do I determine how much fuel is in the tank by the inches remaining? Thank you very much.
Answered by Tyler Wood.
Liquid in a horizontal tank 2010-05-26
From Brian:
I have a 50' long tank by 12' diameter it is lying down on it side with 12" of Liquid in the bottom i need to know how many gallons of fluid this is? Please Help, I was able to calculate out the Triangle but not the Sector!
Answered by Harley Weston.
The surface area of a tank 2009-06-25
From Charles:
I need to calculate the external wall and top sqft surface area of a tank 54ft od x 15ft high with a dome top 54ft od x 8ft high.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Water drains from a conical tank 2009-03-11
From Tyler:
Water drains from a conical tank at the rate of 5ft/min^3. If the initial radius of the tank is 4' and the initial height is 10'.
a) What is the relation between the variables h and r? (height and radius)
b) How fast is the water level dropping when h=6'?
Thanks for the help, i'm stumped.

Answered by Penny Nom.
A cubical tank that is 8 m on a side 2009-01-25
From gina:
Suppose one edge of a cubic tank is 8m; Find the volume of the tank in cubic meters
Answered by Penny Nom.
The number of gallons in a tank 2009-01-19
From Jim:
Hi, i need to know how many gallons of water can fit into our tank, and how to do the calculations my self. The tank is 72" round by 72" long, i would like some help. Thanks Jim.
Answered by Harley Weston.
Fuel in a tank 2009-01-16
From Steve:
I am not a math expert and want help seeing how much fuel is in a tank at one given time the tank that i have is 27 inches round. It is 69 inches long. laying length ways. it holds 140 gallons of fuel at fill up. I do know that it would hold less at the bottom of the tank an more in the center. Is there anybody that could just give me the figures by the inch without a formula. thanks for your time
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
The height of a tank 2008-10-26
From Kyle:
If a water tank holds 750 cubic meters of water and it is 15 metres long and 10 metres wide how many meters tall is it ?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The amount of diesel fuel in a tank 2008-10-26
From Mike:
I have an cylinder shaped oil tank that holds approx. 283 gals of diesel fuel. The tank is laying on on its side, (like taking a garbage can and laying it down on its side). What is the formula to calculate how much oil is in the tank at any given time. If the tank was sitting on end it would be easy to figure out, but it is not.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
The length of a tank 2008-10-01
From alex:
I have a tank which I can only partly see. It is 70cms wide, 45 cm deep and hold 500litres. How long is it?
Answered by Harley Weston.
A rectangular tank of water 2008-09-02
From Angela:
A rectangular tank is 80 ft long, 30 ft wide, and 20 ft deep. If 100,000 gallons of water were pumped into the tank, what would be the water rise?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a fuel tank 2008-08-01
From G.:
I have a fuel tank that is 70 inches by 48 inches and 24 inches deep, how many imperial gallons does it hold?
Answered by Victoria West.
Gasoline in a cylindrical tank 2008-05-25
From Simon:
A cylindrical tank with height 15m and diameter 2m is being filled with gasoline at a rate of 500L/min. At what rate is the fluid level in the tank rising?(1L = 1000cm^3). About how long will it take to fill the tank?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The surface area of a tank 2008-05-09
From jack:
i'm looking for the square footage of a tank that is 10'diameter x 23'high,floor,ceiling and walls
Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a tank 2008-01-27
From Fred:
A cubic tank holds 1,000 kilograms of water what are the dimensions of the tank in meters?
Answered by Harley Weston.
A cylindrical tank 2007-11-16
From Mario:
I want to determine how many gallons i have inside a cylinder (tank) that is resting on its side (the Height), NOT standing up. I know V=pi x r2 x H. And 1 cubic foot = 7.48 gallons. Here are the dimensions r=2' H=20'. Now my question is how do I determine how much liquid i have inside, if the level of the liquid is about 1/2 of the way of its Diameter (in other words 2'). Remember this cylinder is lying on its side.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Can you tell me how many gallons it holds? 2007-09-25
From Jeff:
Hi my water tank is 10ft long and 45" around,can you tell me how many gallons it holds.thankyou jeff
Answered by Penny Nom.
Water in a conical tank 2007-09-10
From Greg:
Joe is conducting an experiment to study the rate of flow of water from a conical tank. The dimensions of the conical tank are:
Radius at the initial water level = 13.7 cm
Radius at the reference point = 12.8 cm
Initially the tank is full of water. There is a circular orifice at the bottom of the conical tank with a diameter of 0.635 cm. The water drains from the conical tank into an empty cylindrical tank lying on its side with a radius of 0.500 ft and a length L (ft).

Joe observed the water discharged with an average velocity of 1.50 m/s as the water level lowered from the initial height of 14.0 cm to 5.00 cm in the conical tank. Answer the following: 1. If the initial height of water in the conical tank is 14.0 cm (measured from the reference point, see Fig. 1), how long in seconds will it take for the water level to drain to a height of 5.00 cm?? NOTE: Height refers to the vertical height.

What formula would I use to find out how long in seconds it takes for the water level to drop?

Answered by Harley Weston.
How many gallons of water 2007-06-19
From Marie:
A water treatment plant is built with three cylindrical tanks to contaim the water for a town. Each tank has a radius of 15 feet and a depth of 25 ft.

If there are about 7.5 gallons in a cubic foot of water, approximately how many gallons of water can be treated at the plant at any one time?

Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Water tank volume 2007-05-29
From Cecelia:
I HAVE A SEMI CIRCULAR TANK AGAINST A WALL MEASURING 6'10" ACROSS THE WIDEST PART AND 3' FROM THE WALL TO THE FRONT OF THE TANK. THE DEPTH IS 14". PLEASE HELP ME TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF WATER IN THE TANK.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
A formula for figuring a tanks volume at various levels 2007-01-20
From Dave:
I know there has to be a general formula to figure out a tanks volume where as you know the total volume but you need to know what it will hold at various levels measured in 1/8th inches in depth and that you may be able to plug this formula into a program like say excel and thus create a chart unique to that tank. But for the lack of me I can not figure it out.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Depth and volume in a cylindrical tank 2007-01-20
From Andy:
I need to fill a 10 foot diameter by 35 foot long cylinder 85% full. Is there a way to calculate at what depth equals 85%? ie, if I put a stick in the tank would it be at 8.5 feet?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
A rectangular tank 2006-09-19
From Milton:
What size rectangular tank will I need to hold 841.5 gallons of water. The water level is 3'-0" from the bottom of tank.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The capacity of our hexagon fish tank 2006-07-26
From Doug and Andrea:
My name is Andrea and my son, Doug, and I were wondering what the capacity of our hexagon fish tank was but it’s been so long since I’ve been to school that I’ve forgotten the formula to do so. Would you please help us? The dimensions are: 27 ¾ W x 24L x 29H or one side (glass panel) is 14W x 29H.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The number of gallons in a tank 2006-03-09
From Doug:
We have a round tank that is 216 inches long 64 inches wide across ; how do we find the number of gallons it could hold ?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Related rates and an oil spill 2006-02-12
From Brandon:

An Oil Tanker Spills 100,000 cubic meters of oil, which forms a slick that spreads on the water surface in a shape best modeled by a circular disc is increasing at a rate of 3m/min (it doesn't state what is increasing at 3m/min, so I'm assuming Radius until I can ask my teacher.) At t=T, the area of the "circular" slick reaches 100pi Sq. meters.

A) how fast is the area of the slick increasing at t=T
B)How fast is the thickness of the slick decreasing at t=T
C)Find the rate of change of the area of the slick with respect to the thickness at t=T.


Answered by Penny Nom.
Volume of a tank 2005-09-11
From Jim:
We own an Rv and need to actually know the volume of our fresh water tank. I think I'm getting the run around from the manufacturer. I'm unable to locate my chemistry books from from collage. I know there is a formula for the volume of a rectangle some place.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Gallons in a tank 2005-04-02
From Jim:
Would you be so kind as to help me with a problem? My memory has failed me in remembering how to calculate how much liquid in gallons a tank will hold. The tank is 8 feet long and 44 inches in diameter.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Gasoline in a cylindrical tank 2005-03-23
From Jennifer:

Gasoline is stored in a tank which is a cylinder on its side. Height of fuel is "h" meters and the diameter is "d". The length is "l".

I need to find the amount of gas in the tank when the height is h and also to calculate the fraction of how full it is.

Also, the part I am really confused on is this one,
E(h/d) is the error of the function of h/d, when h/d is used to measure how full the tank is. For what value of h/d is the error maximal?


Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a stock tank 2005-03-13
From Cord:
I am a farmer and I have recently installed a new stock tank which is 1650" in circumference and 10' deep. How many gallons of water will it hold?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Volume of a fuel tank 2004-03-01
From Mike:
I have a fuel ank for my big truck that has a radius of 24inches and a length of 65 inches. I am trying to compute the volume of fuel in the tank. I tried pie x the radius squared times the length but no usable results. Can you help me please?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A pyramid-shaped tank 2004-02-13
From Annette:
The base of a pyramid-shaped tank is a square with sides of length 9 feet, and the vertex of the pyramid is 12 feet above the base. The tank is filled to a depth of 4 feet, and water is flowing into the tank at a rate of 3 cubic feet per second. Find the rate of change of the depth of water in the tank. (Hint: the volume of a pyramid is V = 1/3 B h , where B is the base area and h is the height of the pyramid.)
Answered by Harley Weston.
A fish tank 2003-11-26
From Bill:
How do I work out the volume and weight of water in a fish tank that is 36in x 14in x 12in?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Water in a tank 2003-09-02
From A parent:
if a tank is 48 inches long 14 inches wide and 18 inches deep if a yardstick was inserted into the tank and measured 2 inches of water in the tank how many gallons of water would be in the tank.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a fuel tank 2003-08-16
From Phil:
I hope you can help me out with a small problem. My boat has a fuel tank measuring 1680mm long x 630mm wide x 130mm high. Can you tell me how much fuel it will hold in both litres and imperial gallons.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The weight of a fish tank 2003-05-20
From A ponderer:
I had a question pertaining conversion units..I have a fish tank at home and the dimensions are 24, 44, and 48 inches, I want to find out how much it weighs in pounds when filled up with water...knowing water is 62.4 pounds per cubic feet...do I just divide the 62.4 pounds to 12 because I"m trying to find out through cubic inches.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Two tanks of water 2002-11-08
From A student:
A 2000 L tank containing 550 L of water is being filled with water at the rate of 75 L per minute from a full 1600 L tank. How long will it be before the two tanks have the same amount of water?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Filling a tank 2001-01-02
From Liting:
Water flows into a rectangle tank which measures 4 m by 3 m by 2.8 m through a cylindrical pipe of radius 2.4 cm. If the rate at which the water flows into the tank is 8 km/h, find how long it takes to fill the tank.
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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