Volume Functions

Volume Functions

What is the volume?

What is the volume?

What is the volume?

Can we write a formula for the volume, V, in terms of the area of the base, B, and the height, h?

• V = Bh

Cylinder

V = Bh

Cones and hemispheres

What about when the shape doesn't go straight up from the base?

Volume is a function

• Different shapes have different volume functions

• We will be focusing on: cylinders, cones, and hemispheres

Volume Functions

Cylinder

Cone

Hemisphere

Applying volume functions