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Geocritter
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Apr 22, 2014

How many cubic feet of air does my 16" tire hold?

I’ll be frank, I’m mathematically challenged. Don’t get me wrong, I can read a formula and plunk numbers into a calculator I just don’t “think” mathematically. So my question is how many cubic feet of...
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Kemahsabe
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Apr 22, 2014
If you're willing to assume the tire is a torus, then the volume is:

V = 19.84Rr² where R and r are the "major radius" and "minor radius", respectively.

Problem solved!

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