Calculating Antarctica's Ice Volume: Radius 2000km, Thickness 3000m

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The discussion revolves around calculating the volume of ice covering Antarctica, modeled as a semicircle with a specified radius and thickness. The original poster seeks assistance with the formula needed for this calculation.

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  • The original poster attempts to recall the formula for calculating the volume of ice based on the given dimensions. Some participants question the appropriateness of posting in the technical forums instead of the Homework Help forums.

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if antartica is a semicircle w/ a radius of 2000km and the ice covering it is 3000m thick then how many cm3 of ice doe antartica have?(ignore curvature of the earth)

anyone know this? i forgot the formula ^^;
 
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someone? anyone? i rly need to know so i can go to bed. D:
 
man this rly sucks. its the last question too.
 
BankaiNinja said:
if antartica is a semicircle w/ a radius of 2000km and the ice covering it is 3000m thick then how many cm3 of ice doe antartica have?(ignore curvature of the earth)

anyone know this? i forgot the formula ^^;

BankaiNinja said:
man this rly sucks. its the last question too.

Well, that will teach you not to post homework questions in the general technical forums :rolleyes: It's not just a PF rule, you really do get the best homework help in the Homework Help forums.

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=5374

I'll go ahead and move your question to a Homework Help forum now.

<<moved>>

And here in the Homework Help forums, we ask you to show some of your work before giving you tutorial help. It sounds like you are just asking for the formula to calculate the volume of a cylinder, right? You can find that on wikipedia.org if you've forgotten it and don't have a reference book handy. What does wikipedia say for the formula of the volume of a cylinder?
 
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