# Fuel volumn in a cylinder tank when tank is more or less than half full

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-volumn-in-a-cylinder-tank-when-tank-is-more-or-less-than-half-full/57965>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 25, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-volumn-in-a-cylinder-tank-when-tank-is-more-or-less-than-half-full/57965 "2010-11-25T16:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omar\_Randel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@Omar\_Randel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Omar_Randel)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-volumn-in-a-cylinder-tank-when-tank-is-more-or-less-than-half-full/57965/1 "2010-11-25T16:42:47Z")

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This problem was posed on a recent show. If the answer was arrived at, I didn’t hear it. All I need to know is the formula for the area of a portion of a circle that is less than half the circle

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**Author:** ![Carveaholic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Carveaholic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Carveaholic)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-volumn-in-a-cylinder-tank-when-tank-is-more-or-less-than-half-full/57965/2 "2010-11-25T20:38:12Z")

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[http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/trucker-calculus/](http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/trucker-calculus/)