Hexagon measuring

[Fish Tank Travis]

I was simply doing it without trig. I just broke it up into rectangles and triangles. Area of a rectangle is base x height and area of a triangle is 1/2 x base x height. Then multiply the total area by the height of the tank to give the total volume of the tank.

The only reason I didn't discus similar triangles is because not everybody would know what I was talking about. I just figured out the area of each of the triangles separately and added them together. Yes, I could have just done 18x25=450sq in and got the same answer, but I wanted to make sure the OP understood where I got my measurements so that they could see I wasn't just guessing at what I was doing.

 

[skjl47]

Hello; Perhaps you can get close by pouring in a gallon of water from a known container. Measure the height of the gallon of water and divide that into the total tank height?

 

[Hendre]

+1

 

[Lepisosteus]

it's 40 gallons. 2 small triangles hold of volume of 9 gal, the big middle area holds 32 gallons so add the two you have a 41 gal tank

 

[millerkid519]

I was simply doing it without trig. I just broke it up into rectangles and triangles. Area of a rectangle is base x height and area of a triangle is 1/2 x base x height. Then multiply the total area by the height of the tank to give the total volume of the tank.

The only reason I didn't discus similar triangles is because not everybody would know what I was talking about. I just figured out the area of each of the triangles separately and added them together. Yes, I could have just done 18x25=450sq in and got the same answer, but I wanted to make sure the OP understood where I got my measurements so that they could see I wasn't just guessing at what I was doing.

Ok that makes sence why you explained it that way.