The purpose of this Website is to investigate the concept of volume of shapes both regular and irregular as well as discuss practical application of this mathematics in everyday life.
Volume is defined as the space occupied by a three-dimensional object usually measured in cubic units.
Understanding volume often is related to understanding capacity, which is how much of something (i.e., gas, liquid, solid) a container holds.
There are many ways to think about volume.
In regular shapes it is easily thought of as the amount of unit sized cubic blocks that can fit inside of the three-dimensional shape.
However, as the complexity of the object increases it becomes difficult, even impossible, to measure volume in that way.
Additionally, calculus can be used to determine the volume of some well-defined objects.
Lastly, to measure the volume of very complex objects is by measuring the space that the object displaces.
The study of volume is very interesting as well as complex because at times it is difficult to visualize.
