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menania
Sep 2, 2010, 05:14 PM
Estimate how much volume is in a circular lake that is 1km wide and 10 meters deep.

smoothy
Sep 2, 2010, 05:21 PM
How deep at the edges?

ebaines
Sep 3, 2010, 04:49 AM
First determine the area of the lake, then multiply that by it's average depth. Area of a circle is \pi D^2/4. Since D =10^3 m, and you can estimate that \pi/4 is "about" 3/4, so the area is around 0.75 x 10^6 m^2. Multiply that by the estimated depth of 10 m, and what do you get?