Concrete support column?

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Concrete support column?

A concrete support column has a total ultimate compressive strength of 63400 pounds. The concrete used for the column has an ultimate compressive strength of 4350 pounds per square inch. If the cross section of the column is a square, what is the length of eash side of the cross section?

2006-12-15 03:48:47 · 2 answers · asked by mcnally 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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shouldn't this question be posted in the engineering section?
area=63400/4350
side=sq.rt. of 63000/4350 inch
=3.81 inch

2006-12-15 03:54:29 · answer #1 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Total square inches is 63,400/4350=14.57 in^2
So each side is sqrt(14.57) inches
= approximately 3.82 inches

2006-12-15 12:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋