document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=195770>Question 195770</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The crushing load of a square wooden post varies directly as the fourth power of it's thickness and indirectly as the square of it's length. A post 10 cm thick and 4m high is crushed by a load of 22.5 tons. What is the crushing load on a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A post 10 cm thick and 4m high is crushed by a load of 22.5 tons. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Comment: You have thicknes in cetimeters and length in meters but<BR>\n" );
document.write( "have not stated whether they need to be expressed in the same unit.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the crushing load on a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Post 5 cm thick and 3 m long<BR>\n" );
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