Definition:FPS/Volume/Cubic Foot

Cubic Inch

The cubic foot is the FPS base unit of volume.

It is defined as the volume contained by a cube whose edges are $1$ foot long.

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cubic foot

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$\ds 12^3 = 1728$

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$\ds 28 \, 316 \cdotp 84659 \, 2$

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$\ds 28 \cdotp 31684 \, 6592$

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$\ds 0 \cdotp 02831 \, 68465 \, 92$

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$\mathrm {ft}^3$

The symbol for the cubic foot is $\mathrm {ft}^3$.

Its $\LaTeX$ code is \mathrm {ft}^3 .