Fun with estimating!
Thanks again for everyone's participation. We will move on to a problem of a different sort. Estimating is one of the finer arts in the mathematical realm. Here's your task:
What is the approximate weight (in pounds) of a solid steel fire ring that is 3 feet in diameter, 1 foot high and 1 inch thick.
Yes, I plan on buying one before the 4th of July.
Good luck, and please show your work.
What is the approximate weight (in pounds) of a solid steel fire ring that is 3 feet in diameter, 1 foot high and 1 inch thick.
Yes, I plan on buying one before the 4th of July.
Good luck, and please show your work.
posted by dewdew @ 5/12/2005 12:15:00 PM
4 Comments:
At May 12, 2005 5:51 PM,
Jesster said…
Banana!
Wait, what was the question again?
At May 16, 2005 12:46 PM,
dewdew said…
Anyone?? Bueller? Bueller?
C'mon, take a guess.
At May 16, 2005 2:36 PM,
Jesster said…
Okay, I'll try again then.
42.
At May 23, 2005 12:19 PM,
dewdew said…
Well, unfortunately we didn't get a winning answer on this question. The solution lies in calculating the weight of 1 cubic ounce of steel and then multiplying by the volume:
Volume of the ring (approx): 36 in x pi (3.1415) x 12 = 1357 cubic inches.
A quick internet search finds that steel weighs about 0.2778 pounds per cubic inch, so the fire ring would weigh approximately 375 pounds.
The actual ring is about 3/4 inch thick so the weight is around 300 pounds - and, yes it's now sitting in my front yard!!
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