(Encyclopedia) Formulas for the Volumes of Some Common Solids
Solid
Volume1
cube
l3
right rectangular parallelepiped
lwh
prism
Bh
right circular cylinder
πr2h
pyramid
1&fslsh;3Bh
right…
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