SOLUTION: A pond is a half acre and is frozen over. The depth of ice covering pond is 2 in. Determine weight of ice. Ice weighs 57.4 lbs. per cu. ft. Half acre = 21780 sq. ft. Not s

Question 1170676: A pond is a half acre and is frozen over. The depth of ice covering pond is 2 in. Determine weight of ice. Ice weighs 57.4 lbs. per cu. ft.
Half acre = 21780 sq. ft.
Not sure how to solve.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

given:
A pond is a half acre and is frozen over.
The depth of ice covering pond is .
Ice weighs . per .
Half acre = .
we need a volume of ice
ocvert to ft:

since ice weighs . per , we have

the weight of ice is

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