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How can i measure the area/volume of a pool?
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How can i measure the area/volume of a pool?
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if I were to say I sucked at math, I would still be bragging
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however given that, when my pool supplier asked me the volume of my pool, I couldn't tell him. I know the pool is oval, and I know the depth at the shallow end, and depth at the deep end.
so, I guess the question is: how does one measure the area of an oval? does Pi come in somehow?
(and curse the guy who invented Pi! why do circular shapes have to involve such a stupid number
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The equation to measure the area of a circle can be expanded to also measure the area of an oval. Normally, the area of a circle is expressed as A = πr
2
. However, you can express this equally validly as A = π(r
1
x r
2
). Since r
1
and r
2
are equal in a circle, you can simplify it as r
2
. In an oval, r
1
and r
2
are different, as the length and width of an oval differ. So multiply pi by half the length of the oval and half the width of the oval and you'll get your area.
Assuming that your pool gradually transitions from the shallow part to the deep part, then you can take the average of the greatest depth and the most shallow depth to get the average depth. Multiply that average depth by the area of the pool and you'll get your volume.
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Re: How can i measure the area/volume of a pool?
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you made it so easy it makes me feel like my mother wasted her time making me go to school every day
thanks so much...I bet i'll be the first customer who can answer that smart-ass counter guy at the pool store.
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You're welcome. This information was pretty easy to find with a Google search.
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To google something has made them almost a verb like to Hoover but Windows likes to foist Bing onto one and it is a bit of a fight to get back to the Google we all know and love
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