Expert: David Hemmer - 5/7/2007

Question
i have a object with the same shape as the top of a wine glass or a rounded off frustum. It is 8.5 inches tall 26.5 inches around the thickest part and 23 inches around it about 3 inches higher. The radius of the opening is 3 inches. Can you help me find the volume.

Answer
Unless you have aspecific formula for the shape I cannot get the volume exactly. The volume of  s cyliner is pi*r^2h. So I can giveyou an upper and lower bound on the volume if you want. If the boject is solid or if you can seal it off you could submerse it in water and see how much water it displaces, that woudl give you the volume.