SOLUTION: Welding: A type of steel sheet weighs 3.125 lb. per square foot. What is the weight of a piece measuring 24 in. by 108 in.? (Hint: Be careful of units.)

Question 106415: Welding: A type of steel sheet weighs 3.125 lb. per square foot. What is the weight of a piece measuring 24 in. by 108 in.? (Hint: Be careful of units.)
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If steel sheet weighs 3.125 lb per , and if

Then, we need to find out how many we have if a piece measuring by .
It will be:

Now find out how many times goes in
It will be: .... here you can eliminate
is the number that we need to multiply the weigh per ,and it will be:

So, the weight of a piece measuring by is .

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