Volume of the earth work may be calculated by (A) Mean areas (B) End areas (C) Trapezoidal (D) All the above

Volume of the earth work may be calculated by
(A) Mean areas
(B) End areas
(C) Trapezoidal
(D) All the above
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(D) All the above
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The assumption on which the trapezoidal formula for volumes is based, is (A) The end sections are parallel planes (B) The mid-area of a pyramid is half the average area of the ends (C) The volume of the Prismoidal is over-estimated and hence a Prismoidal correction is applied (D) All the above

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Last Answer : (D) All the above

In the mid-section formula (A) The mean depth is the average of depths of two consecutive sections (B) The area of mid-sections is calculated by using mean depth (C) The volume of the earth work is calculated by multiplying the mid-section area by the distance between the two original sections (D) All of the above

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