A city has just bought a new load of salt to spread on the roads for snow melting. When the load was delivered, it was put into a pile that was roughly cone-shaped. The pile was 70 feet tall and had a circumference at the base of about 704 feet. A. What is the volume of the pile in cubic feet? Round to the nearest cubic foot. B. Salt weighs about 80 pounds per cubic foot. How much did this pile weigh?

A city has just bought a new load of salt to spread on the roads for snow melting. When the load was delivered, it was put into a pile that was roughly cone-shaped. The pile was 70 feet tall and had a circumference at the base of about 704 feet. A. What is the volume of the pile in cubic feet? Round to the nearest cubic foot. B. Salt weighs about 80 pounds per cubic foot. How much did this pile weigh?

Mathematics For Machine Technology

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337798310

Author:Peterson, John.

Publisher:Peterson, John.

Chapter69: Simple Practical Machine Applications

Section: Chapter Questions

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