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VOLUME

Why does the first method for determining volume work only for a regular-shaped object?

Will the second method for determining volume work for any object or just an odd-shaped one?
Why?
Is one method of measurement more accurate than the other? Why or why not?

Would the displacement method of measurement work for a cube of sugar?

What about a cork? Why?

What did you find out from this investigation? Be thoughtful in your answer.
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User Danny Kirchmeier
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Answer:

1. Because only regular-shaped objects have a consistent length, width, height, and shape. When dealing with an object composed of differing shapes, you must calculate each portion separately and then add them. For instance, if you have a swimming pool of two depths and want to determine cubic feet, you would have to calculate the volume for each section and then add them.

2. method used to figure the volume of an irregular shaped object Neither measurement is more "accurate" than the other--they simply denote different things. Length is a measurement of the distance between two points in space. The area is a measurement of the surface covered by a given shape.

3. not in the water as the sugar would dissolve if you could find a liquid that sugar does not dissolve in, then it would work

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