Solids with V = Bh

Solid Mensuration
Solids – Sections
A solid is any limited portion of space, bounded by surfaces.
A section of a solid is the plane figure cut from the solid by
passing a plane through it.
A polyhedron is a solid bounded by planes. The edge of a
polyhedron are the intersections of the bounding planes. The
faces are the portions of the bounding planes included by the
edges. The faces are polygons. The vertices are the intersection
of the edges.
Polyhedron
A cube is a polyhedron whose six faces are all squares.

𝑆𝐴 = 6𝑠 2
𝑉 = 𝑠3
1. Find the volume and total area of the largest cube of wood that
can be cut from a log of circular cross section whose radius is
12.7 in.
A rectangular parallelepiped is a polyhedron whose six faces are
all rectangles.

𝑆𝐴 = 2(𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎)
𝑉 = 𝑎𝑏𝑐
2. A solid porch consists of 3 steps and a landing. The steps have
a tread of 11 in., rise of 7 in., and a length of 7 ft.; the landing is 6
ft. by 7 ft. How much material was used in its construction?
Cavalieri’s Theorem
If in two solids of equal altitude the sections made by planes
parallel to and at the same distance from their respective bases
are always equal, the volumes of the solids are equal.
Volume Theorem
If the bases of a solid are equal in area and lie in parallel planes
and every section of the solid parallel to the base is equal in area
to that of the base, the volume of the solid is the product of its
base and altitude.
A prism is a polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygons in
parallel planes, and the other faces are parallelograms.

𝐿𝐴 = 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 × 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

𝑉 = 𝐵ℎ

𝑉 = 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 × 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒

3. A contractor agrees to build a dam, 180 ft. long and 20 ft. high,
12 ft. wide at the bottom and 8 ft. wide at the top, for $9.75 a
cubic yard. Find his profit if his costs were $10,000.
A cylindrical surface is a surface generated by a moving straight
line which is always parallel to a fixed line, and which always
intersects a fixed plane curve not in the plane with the fixed line.
4. An indoor roller-skating rink with an area of 1500 yd2 has a
concrete flooring 3 in. thick. Find the amount of concrete used in
laying the floor.
A cylinder is a solid bounded by a closed cylindrical surface and
two parallel planes.

𝐿𝐴 = 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 × 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡

𝑉 = 𝐵ℎ
𝑉 = 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 × 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
A circular cylinder is a cylinder which has a circular right section.

A right circular cylinder is a circular cylinder whose elements are

perpendicular to the base.
5. A gas company erected a new gasholder. The gasholder (top
and sides) was given three coats of paint. It took 50 bbl of paint
of 50 gal. each to complete the work. The height of the tank was
160 ft. and the diameter of the base was 218 ft. If the paint costs
$1 per gallon, what is the cost per square yard of the surface?