Mathematics Asked by Mike on November 3, 2020
A batch of concrete consisted of $200$ lbs. fine aggregate, $350$ lbs coarse aggregate, $94$ lbs cement, and $5$ gallons water. The specific gravity of the sand and gravel may be taken as $2.65$ and that of the cement as $3.10$. What was the weight of concrete in place per cubic foot?
It shows here that the answer is $153$ lbs. But how?
Here is what I did:
$$frac{(94 cdot 3.1)}{(550 cdot 2.65)+(5 cdot 7.481 cdot 62.4)+(94 cdot 3.1)} = frac{291.4}{1457.5+41.71+291.4}$$
I was thinking about getting it proportions.
I also know that $density=frac{mass}{volume}$. However, when I equate volume to be $1ft^3$, then the density of the concrete to be specific gravity $x$ water, I get an answer of 193.44 lbs. Please show steps.
Use direcly definition of density
$$ bar {d }= frac{Total, Weight}{Total, Volume} $$
$$=dfrac {W_1+ W_2+W_3 +W_4}{ dfrac{W_1}{d_1} + dfrac{W_2}{d_2} + dfrac{W_3}{d_3} +dfrac{W_4}{d_4} }$$
that would give you after needed plug-ins as $ 153 dfrac{lbs}{ft^3}.$
Answered by Narasimham on November 3, 2020
The mass of a batch is presumably about $200+350+94+5times 8.34$ pounds
The volume of a batch is presumably about $frac{200}{2.65 times 8.34}+ frac{350}{2.65 times 8.34}+ frac{94}{3.10 times 8.34}+5$ US gallons or about $frac{200}{2.65 times 62.4}+ frac{350}{2.65 times 62.4}+ frac{94}{3.10 times 62.4}+ frac{5}{7.48}$ cubic feet
So a batch weighs about $685.7$ pounds and has a volume of about $4.48$ cubic feet so dividing one by the other gives about $153$ pounds per cubic foot
This would be rather easier in metric units
Answered by Henry on November 3, 2020
Note that
volume $V=5cdot 0.13+frac{550}{2.65cdot 62.4}+frac{94}{3.10cdot 62.4}=4.46 ,ft^3$
weight $W=5cdot 0.13cdot 62.4+550+94=684.56 ,lbs$
thus
Answered by user on November 3, 2020
I am puzzled as to why you have the weight of cement only in the numerator as well as adding it to the other weights in the denominator. To find the "weight per cubic foot" of concrete you need to divide the total weight of concrete by its volume. The total weight is 350+ 94+ 40= 484 pounds (for the water, 5 gallons is 40 pints and "a pint's a pound the world around"). Now use the specific gravities to determine the volume of each part and add them to find the total volume.
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