volume formula?

[rumblebee2 10+ year member]

trying to to figure the volume for a truck box i am building. i know how to split the triangle shape of the box so as to look like a rectangle and triangle to figure the volume. what is the formula to figure out the volume for the triangle of the box?

if this is to confusing let me know-lol

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Length x width x height.

Isn't the Pythagorean theorem taught in junior HS nowadays?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

1/2 B * H * L

 

[Crodski 10+ year member]

^ isnt that for area?

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110248/geometry/menareatriangle.htm

find surface area then multiply by the height/length

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

These questions blow my mind sometimes...

 

[rumblebee2 10+ year member]

ty bonesninja. jimj good formula but that's for the rectangle not the triangle part of the box. thanks though.