SOLUTION: How many feet of copper wire with diameter 1/12 inch can be made from one cubic foot of copper?

Question 1157138: How many feet of copper wire with diameter 1/12
inch can be made from one cubic foot of copper?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, Alan3354:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Radius inch

x feet of the wire is volume

26400 feet
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How many feet of copper wire with diameter 1/12
inch can be made from one cubic foot of copper?
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1 cu ft = 1728 cu inches.
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Vol of the wire = pi*r^2*h ---- h = length.
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---> h = 1728/(pi*(1/24)^2) inches
h = 26401.9 feet
Just over 5 miles.
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PS 1/12" diameter is larger than AWG 12, which is 0.0808" dia.

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