SOLUTION: a fabricating shoop has dimensions 80'x100' with a 15' ceiling its ventilating system can evacuate 5200 cu ft. per minute. if there was a poisonous gas leak in the shop how long wo

Question 194600: a fabricating shoop has dimensions 80'x100' with a 15' ceiling its ventilating system can evacuate 5200 cu ft. per minute. if there was a poisonous gas leak in the shop how long would it take to exchange all the air in the shop to the nearest minute?
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fabricating shoop has dimensions 80'x100' with a 15' ceiling its ventilating
system can evacuate 5200 cu ft. per minute. if there was a poisonous gas leak
in the shop how long would it take to exchange all the air in the shop to the nearest minute?
:
Find the volume of the shop
80 * 100 * 15 = 120,000 cu/ft
;
Find the time to remove this amt, at 5200 cu/ft removal rate
= 23.07 ~ 23 min to accomplish this
:
Not that hard, right?
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