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Formulas for the Volumes of Some Common Solids

Formulas for the Volumes of Some Common Solids
Solid	Volume¹
cube	l ³
right rectangular parallelepiped	lwh
prism	Bh
right circular cylinder	π r ² h
pyramid	1/3 Bh
right circular cone	1/3π r ² h
sphere	4/3π r ³

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¹ Abbreviations: B = area of base; h = height; r = radius; l = length; w = width.

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