Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
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ISBN: 9781259696534
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The boom of a fire truck raises a fireman (and his equipment-total weight 280 Ibf) 40 ft into the air to fight a building fire. (a) Showing all your work and using unity conversion rations, calculate the work done by the boom on the fireman in units of Btu.(b) If the useful power supplied by the boom to lift the fireman is 3.50 hp, estimate how long it takes to lift to fireman.
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