Hi, ive never posted in this section before but its urgent.

How would it be possible to convert m^2 into m^3 if possible at all?

thats it really.

cheers.

:)

What's the application?

yeh, i just realised that it didnt make any sence the way I put it.

um, right,

cost of concrete is £37.00 per m^2
i then need the cost of it in m^3.

I think i know how to do it now but im not 100% as im very tired.

cheers.

Captain_Crunch,

cost of concrete is £37.00 per m^2
i then need the cost of it in m^3.

Just multiply 37 by the square root of 37.

Tom

Thank you Prosoothus!!! :D
I was going to do it:

square root of 37.00 cubed.
Gives the same answer anyhow.

thank you!

Captain_Crunch,

Let me correct my previous post.

The m^2 of concrete you are talking about has to have a thickness. Knowing this thickness will help you figure out how much a m^3 of concrete costs.

Tom

i dont know the thickness that why i didnt know if it was possible before.

i'll just do like you said in your previous post even if it isnt the correct answer. its roughly correct.

Captain_Crunch,

i'll just do like you said in your previous post even if it isnt the correct answer. its roughly correct.

It may not be even roughly correct.

For example, if the m^2 of concrete is 1 meter thick, then a m^3 of concrete costs 37 pounds.

However, if the m^2 of concrete is only 10 cms thick, then one m^3 of concrete would cost 370 pounds.

Tom

I see what your saying and thanks for pointing this out to me. I can get round this by stating that i have took the concrete to be 1 meter thick.

There is no way to convert from m^2 to m^3, even roughly. It doesn't even make sense to talk about the price of concrete per m^2, since concrete is sold by volume.

- Warren

-Warren

im sleepy.

if i take the price per m^2 to be 1 meter thick it then has a volume thus everythings ok. i think.

*yawns*

if it were sold by area, it would still have a thickness and thus be a volume.

tom, what were you thinking!!! (nevermind, I can probably figure....)

arrghh, whats going on?. someone please explain. cant handle complications.
:confused:

zzz

:)

you're question was confusing to begin with. if you state your problem how it was specified....

basicly from the first question you wrote, you wanted to convert two dimensions to three.

yeh, but if i take

square root of 37.00 = 6.082
=6.082 x 6.082 x 6.082
= 225.062
=£225.06

that should be cool.

yes but that implies that you have an area, or three dimensions with one of them being zero.

if i have x number of meters squared of concrete of thickness 0, then i have no concrete, reguardless of what number x is..... you see?

there must be an implied thickness to it.

if i have x number of meters squared of concrete of thickness 0, then i have no concrete, reguardless of what number x is..... you see?

yes.

so how would i incorporate a thickness of 1m into the equation?

if the thickness is 1 m, then m^2 = m^3


that is to say, for every square meter of surface area you can stand on, there is 1 cubic meter of concrete benethe your feet

o.k, so this still stands as the correct answer:

square root of 37.00 = 6.082
=6.082 x 6.082 x 6.082
= 225.062
=£225.06

or does that mean:

£37.00per m^2 = £37.00 per m^3 ??!!

cheers

if you imply that it has 1m thickness, then yes it would be still 37

if you're not sure, and this is homework, you could always write both solutions and explain. i think it probably is 37*sqrt37, but it may be one of those trick questions.

what class is this for?

This is for quantity surveying course project at uni.

£37.00 isnt the actual price, i just took it to that so if anyone did give me any help it wouldnt be a case of copying or whatever.

they just handed it out to us and we have to get on with it. after theyve marked it, then i know if i got it wrong or not.

hmmm... i think then, the answer would somehow incorerate a thickness.

what information is given to start with?

i just got '37.00'

thats it, i had to gather all the other numerics from here and there and do a price sheet for concrete (which im doing just now) with all different mix proportions. there is so many variables its hard to give u all the numbers.
anyhow, i have a feeling i have figured it out now from what yous have said.

still have time to correct it tommorrow anyhow.
thanks for all the help, im going to bed as im starting to have a sore head from tiredness.

later.

How I interpret this is you are given a price of an area with infinitesimal thickness.

If the thickness is 1m, then you integrate over dt with 1 meter being your integration limit. 225 is what you are gonna get.