Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 6 - Section 6.8 - Substituting Data into Formulas - Exercises - Page 259: 26

Answer

$75.8\ lb/in^2$

Work Step by Step

Using the fact that $1 ft =12 in$, we have $$ P=hD=(175 )(62.4)= 10920\ lb/ft^2=\frac{10920}{12^2}\ lb/in^2=75.8\ lb/in^2 .$$
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