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Re: [ATM] Stripping to re-figure?

Yes, you are right, and I forgot about that
completely! OTOH, the differences between a sphere and
a paraboloid of revolution are extremely small, so if
the other computation works, then they should both
work for judging how much solution to put in.
Guy

--- "Richard F.L.R. Snashall" <rflrs@rcn.com> wrote:

> Guy Brandenburg wrote:
> 
> >I found something slightly different at
>
>http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/formulas/faq.sphere.html,
> >being to lazy to derive the formula myself.
> >
> >  Spherical Cap = The portion of a sphere cut off
> by a
> >plane. 
> >     Radius of sphere: r
> >     Radius of base: r1
> >     Height: h
> >     Surface area: S
> >     Volume: V
> >
> >          r = (h^2+r1^2)/(2h)
> >          S = 2*Pi*r*h
> >          V = (Pi/6)*(3*r1^2+h^2)*h
> >
> But wouldn't you want this for the paraboloid you
> are stripping instead
> of a sphere?
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Guy  Brandenburg
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