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Water tank height is 12 feet by 12 feet by 12 feet. What is stored capacity?

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1728 square feet assuming that the length, width and height are all 12 feet.

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My cylindrical tank is 916 cubic feet. What's the capacity of water in liters?

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There are 28.32 liters in a cubic foot. Multiply 916 by 28.32.

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There are 1250 liters of water in a tank at present. If the tank is 0.625 full. What is the capacity of tank?

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2,000Liters. 1,250 liters divide by .625 (the present content of the tank) = 2,000 liters.

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If the tank has a diameter of 600 mm and the height is 3 m, how many possible liters will the water tank contain?

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Assuming the base is a square, the volume will be 1.08m3, which will be 1080 L.

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My tank is 3.5m x 7m x 1.9m. How do I work out how many liters it holds?

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The tank size is 3.5x7x1.9=46.55 cubic meters. 1 cubic meter = 1000 liters, so 46.55x1000 = 46,550 liters.

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How do I convert from pounds of water to gallons?

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w = 8.33 q (1). where w = weight of water (lb), q = volume of water (US gallons)

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How do I calculate water in water tank in unit gallons?

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Measure the length, width, and height of the tank. Multiply those dimensions together to get the volume of the tank. One cubic foot holds roughly 7½ US gallons.

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How much water can store in a tank of 6 feet diameter and 1 feet height?

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Assuming a cylindrical tank, the volume is πr²h, or (3.14)(3²)(1) = 28.26 cu ft. A cubic foot equals 7½ U.S. gallons, 6.23 imperial gallons, and 28.32 liters.

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What is necessary in order to figure out the required tank size?

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Length x width x height, divided by 231, will tell how many gallons a tank will hold to ensure you don’t make it too small.

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The base of a cylindrical container is a circle with a radius of 10 cm; the tube has a height of 80 cm. What is the capacity of the container?

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Cylinder volume = pi x r^2 x h = 100 pi x 80 = 25,132.74 cm^3, or 25.13 liters.

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How do I calculate the weight of molasses?

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A liter of molasses weighs about 1.424 kilograms. There are about four liters to a US gallon, and two pounds to a kilogram, so a gallon of molasses weighs about 6 pounds.

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What are the dimensions of a container that holds 4,000 gallons?

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It could be anything. The smallest cylindrical tank that could hold 4,000 US gallons would be about 19 meters high and 27 meters across. It could also be a prism-shaped tank that is one meter by one meter wide and be 15.1 kilometers high. The only thing I can calculate only knowing the volume is that if you want a spherical tank, it would have to be a bit more that 30 meters across.

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How can I use my tank's measurements to determine its empty weight and water fill weight?

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To find the empty weight, you'll have to weigh it, or find the density of the material you are using and subtract the inner volume from the outer volume. To find the water fill weight, you take the empty weight and add the volume in liters. Other liquids have different densities, but water weighs about one kilogram per liter. If you are using US customary units, convert to SI, do the calculations, then convert back.

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How do I find the water volume of my water tank?

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Calculate the volume of the vessel. By 1; converting the measurements into cm (centimetres). Get the final outcome of the volume in cm. Then divide the volume in cm cubic. Then divide the whole outcome by 1000. The outcome here is the number of litres. Why: Because 1000cc=1 Litre, which is 10cm by(x)10cm by(x)10cm. Or, LxWxH (3 dimensional), where L=10cm W=10cm H=10cm.

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What about a tank which is 48 x 48 x 48 inches?

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1812 ltrs. Convert inches to feet. I.e. 4×4×4 = 64 cubic feet. Multiply it by 28.31.

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