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Easy Answers For Your Hard Problems


 
  • Doubling the diameter of a pipe increases its capacity four times.

  • To find pressure in pounds per square inch of a column of water, multiply the height of the column in feet by .434.

  • One gallon of water at 67 degrees F. weighs 8 1/3 pounds and contains 231 cubic inches.

  • Thirty-one and one-half gallons of water equal one barrel.

  • Forty-two gallons of crude oil equals one barrel.

  • Fifty gallons of refined oil equals one barrel.

  • To find capacity of rectangular tanks: given dimensions in inches.  Multiply length by width by the height and divide answer by 231.  Result will be capacity in U.S. gallons.

  • Area of circle equals square of diameter multiply by .7854.
  • Circumference of circle equals diameter multiply by 3.1416.
  • Diameter of circle equals circumference multiplied by .31831.
  • A cubic foot of water at 67 degrees F. weights 62 1/3 pounds and contains 7.48 gallons or 1,728 cubic inches.
  • Diameter in feet squared times 5.875 equals gallons per foot in depth.
  • Diameter in inches squared times .0408 equals gallons per foot of depth.
  • To find capacity of tanks any size: given dimensions of a cylinder in inches, to find its capacity in U.S. gallons; square the diameter, multiply by the length and by .0034.
 

 
 
 
Last Updated: 12/21/2006

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