SOLUTION: A civil engineer relates the thickness T, in inches, and height H, in feet, of a square wooden pillar of its crushing load L, in tons, using the model T=4√(LH^2\25). If a squ

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Question 661091: A civil engineer relates the thickness T, in inches, and height H, in feet, of a square wooden pillar of its crushing load L, in tons, using the model T=4√(LH^2\25). If a square wooden pillar is in 4 inches thick and 10 feet high, what is its crushing load?
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Hi,
T+=+4sqrt%28LH%5E2%2F25%29 T, in inches, and height H, in feet,
+T%5E2%2F16+=+LH%5E2%2F25
25T%5E2%2F16H%5E2 = L |||pillar is in 4 inches thick and 10 feet high
25%2A16%2F%2816%2A100%29 = L