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Using Newton's Method to find a root |
2012-04-09 |
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From Nancy: Use Newton's method to find the real root function, accurate to five decimal places
f(x) = x^5+2x^2+3 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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How many gallons of water will it take to fill a classroom? |
2010-12-01 |
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From deena: How many gallons of water will it take to fill a classroom that is 26 feet long by 19 feet wide and 9 feet high? How many tons of water will that be? Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Cubic meters of gravel in a 7 ton lorry |
2009-06-21 |
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From Jackie: I have to transport gravel in a 7 ton lorry and I know how many cubic meters of gravel I need, but I need to know how many cubic meters of gravel a 7 ton lorry can hold.
Thanks, Jackie Answered by Penny Nom. |
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1 cubic yard of dirt = how many tons |
2009-04-26 |
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From jesse: 1 cubic yard of dirt = how many tons give the formula Answered by Harley Weston. |
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How much sand do I order? |
2008-07-15 |
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From jackson: We would like to put 2 inches of sand down. The pool is 24 feet.
How much sand will we need?
The person we spoke to yesterday was talking in tons, but on these sites it is
talking cubic yards or feet.
Please help. We would like to get the sand ordered so we can get the pool up! Answered by Harley Weston. |
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The capacity of a silo |
2008-04-12 |
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From Candonn: I have a cement silo that is 30 ft. high and has a diameter of 12 ft.
I was wondering what the capacity of the silo is in tons of dry material.
The silo is flat on the bottom also. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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How do I determine how many tons, 15 yards of top soil is? |
2007-09-18 |
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From Terry: One company is selling topsoil by the yard and another by the ton,
how do I determine how many tons, 15 yards of top soil is? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Tons of concrete |
2007-07-03 |
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From Trey: I have 300,000 square feet of concrete and want to know how to convert this to tons? Answered by Harley Weston. |
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How many tons of sand? |
2007-06-19 |
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From Richard: I need to know how many tons of sand it would take to fill a container 20 feet
long, 20 feet wide, and 6 inches deep. I am not sure of the makeup of the sand as
far as dry, loose, wet, etc. If you could give me calculations of all the variants it
would be appreciated. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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How many tons of dirt is this? |
2007-05-23 |
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From Deb: I need to know how many tons of dirt(6 inches deep)would it take to cover 8 acres? Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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How many tons it will take to fill in this area |
2007-03-29 |
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From Amy: I have to fill an area with millings (crushed stone). The measurements are 14 foot long, 14 foot wide, and a depth of 6 inches. How do I find the square footage and how do I convert that into tons?
I need to know how many tons it will take to fill in this area. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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I have a ditch how many tons of dirt will it take |
2006-06-25 |
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From Scott: I have a ditch 200 feet long 10 feet wide and 5 feet deep.How many tons of dirt will it take to fill it? Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Conversions |
2000-04-23 |
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From Tara: 750 lbs = ___ tons How do I figure this out!? I know that 1 ton is 2000 lbs, how do I figure out this answer? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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