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Hey /sci/ I'm trying to find the volume of a trough. I google thinks that it's the area of one of the triangles times the width of the trough but I'd like a second opinion.

>> No.3677208

Volume is not something one has opinions about.

>> No.3677214

Google is correct.

>> No.3677218

>>3677208
Perhaps an answer then.

>> No.3677234

The volume is the cross-section area times the length over which that constant cross-section is extended.

So if you mean the area of the triangles times the LENGTH of the trough, yes.

>> No.3677235

A trough is two 2d shapes put together, so it has no area?

>> No.3677254

>>3677235
Well what I mean by that is, a trough does not close. So you might as well ask, what is the area of a triagular prism that is missing a side... which would be 0 , if you want to know the are af a triagular prism then it is the area times length.

>> No.3677258

>>3677235
you mean volume...
Also, wtf is a trough?

>> No.3677259

>>3677254
Also I apparently can't make sentances today, sorry about that :( .

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>>3677258
>>3677258
i sure hope english isnt your first language, motherfucker.

>> No.3677272

>>3677258
Ok , I'll try again. My brain is not functioning. A trough is somthing animals eat from.

But if it is essentually in this case a triagular prism missing a side it would have no volume.

I would assume the original question should be how do you work out the volume of a triangular prism.

However it could be a very different question all together if the sides of the trough have a thickness... then it would be the area of each side added together times the thickness.

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>>3677258
like a long thin bowl type thing, used to contain food or water for animals to eat/drink out at the same time.

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simply find the area of the cross section at one end of the trough, and then integrate this value over the function that is on the orthogonal plane.

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>>3677272
>>3677272
you're such a pedantic cunt. obviously it means the volume of the prism, because this value can be used to calculate how much fluid or foodstuffs can be added to the trough.

aspie as fuck

>> No.3677298

We must remember to take into account that over 99.9% of an object in the real world is empty space.

>> No.3677304

>>3677291
How do you know that his isn't instead trying to work out how much the trough will wiegh when empty?

Or perhaps he has a pure gold trough and wants to see if the wieght of the trough matches what the wieght should be. Using the fun of chemistry and moles.

>> No.3677328

For the aspies in the thread: The volumetric capacity of a trough is constrained by the fact that if you overfill it the water flows over the fucking edge.

>> No.3677333

>>3677328
What if the trough is laid virtically?

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>>3677328
If that is what we are calculating, do we need to take into account the meniscus if we are adding water?, or how well food can be stacked into the trough.

>> No.3677384

define boundaries of your volume
integrate across them

>> No.3677448

>>3677349
Yes, please get started with that.