I'm freaking confused. Volume conversion

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Wow you're pretty good at math for being slightly intoxicated.

I might try this tomorrow.

i know a guy who writes perl while drunk.

... better than when he's sober.

 

[FoBoT]

try pouring 35 gallon jugs of water into your 35 gallon trash can

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

your 5 1x1x1 cubes should have given you a clue.

4.7 cu ft is 1 cube 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7.

now i'm confused, is it 4.7 cubed? or 4.7 ^3?

 

[Cloud Strife]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

your 5 1x1x1 cubes should have given you a clue.

4.7 cu ft is 1 cube 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7.

now i'm confused, is it 4.7 cubed? or 4.7 ^3?

4.7 cubed is the same thing as 4.7^3.

it's like saying 4.7 squared is the same as 4.7^2.

when you write out the number, you don't write "4.7 cubed", you write "4.7^3".

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

your 5 1x1x1 cubes should have given you a clue.

4.7 cu ft is 1 cube 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7.

now i'm confused, is it 4.7 cubed? or 4.7 ^3?

4.7 cubed is the same thing as 4.7^3.

it's like saying 4.7 squared is the same as 4.7^2.

so one cubic meter is 1 x 1 x 1

5 cubic meters is 5x5x5 right?

so what is the OP confused about then?

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

your 5 1x1x1 cubes should have given you a clue.

4.7 cu ft is 1 cube 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7.

now i'm confused, is it 4.7 cubed? or 4.7 ^3?

4.7 cubed is the same thing as 4.7^3.

it's like saying 4.7 squared is the same as 4.7^2.

so one cubic meter is 1 x 1 x 1

5 cubic meters is 5x5x5 right?

so what is the OP confused about then?

i thought when someone said something like... i have 100 square yards of land, that means, they have 10x10.

100 yd^2 = 10yd*10yd

I am right. link

5 m^3 is not 5x5x5 it's 5^1/3 * 5^1/3 * 5^1/3

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

your 5 1x1x1 cubes should have given you a clue.

4.7 cu ft is 1 cube 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7.

now i'm confused, is it 4.7 cubed? or 4.7 ^3?

4.7 cubed is the same thing as 4.7^3.

it's like saying 4.7 squared is the same as 4.7^2.

when you write out the number, you don't write "4.7 cubed", you write "4.7^3".

Wrong. 4.7 cubic feet is not 4.7^3

 

[axelfox]

<Homer>How many pounds in a gallon?</Homer>

 

[dullard]

So much misinformation in this thread. Arg.

Instead of correcting every last error:
[*]EyeMWing, your realization is now correct, those weren't 1 ft^3 objects. 35 gallons is 4.68 ft^3.
[*]Jagec, this problem has absolutely nothing to do with the system of measurements, people in this thread are just drunk/incorrect/misinformed.
[*]LoKe, you can't say 4.7 = 4.7*4.7*4.7. That is just simply wrong. You were correct that 35 gallons is 4.68 ft^3, but after that you were completely wrong.
[*]Platninum Gold, just as I told LoKe, 4.7 does not equal 4.7*4.7*4.7. You cannot do that in math and still be correct. 5 cubic meters is 5 meters * 1 meter * 1 meter. See how 5 = 5 * 1 * 1? The numbers match when you do the math. 5 cubic meters is NOT 5 meters * 5 meters * 5 meters. It would be incorrect to say 5 = 5*5*5. That just does not make any sense.

 

[EyeMWing]

I love how a drunken mishandling of measurements turned into 3 or 4 people completely defying the laws of mathematics.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: dullard
[*]Jagec, this problem has absolutely nothing to do with the system of measurements, people in this thread are just drunk/incorrect/misinformed.

My point was that metric is much more intuitive, and therefore you're less likely to screw it up even when drunk.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: dullard
So much misinformation in this thread. Arg.

Instead of correcting every last error:
[*]EyeMWing, your realization is now correct, those weren't 1 ft^3 objects. 35 gallons is 4.68 ft^3.
[*]Jagec, this problem has absolutely nothing to do with the system of measurements, people in this thread are just drunk/incorrect/misinformed.
[*]LoKe, you can't say 4.7 = 4.7*4.7*4.7. That is just simply wrong. You were correct that 35 gallons is 4.68 ft^3, but after that you were completely wrong.
[*]Platninum Gold, just as I told LoKe, 4.7 does not equal 4.7*4.7*4.7. You cannot do that in math and still be correct. 5 cubic meters is 5 meters * 1 meter * 1 meter. See how 5 = 5 * 1 * 1? The numbers match when you do the math. 5 cubic meters is NOT 5 meters * 5 meters * 5 meters. It would be incorrect to say 5 = 5*5*5. That just does not make any sense.

4.7 cubic x = 4.7 * 1 * 1

4.7 ^3 = 4.7 * 4.7 * 4.7