Reply With QuoteIt sure sounds like a trick question. I picture this like two grain silos side by side. Same height, but one is 40' in diameter and one is only 3' in diameter????
They are both filled with water.....which one weighs more? Is this the right image?
a 200 foot column of water in a 3' wide tube..
or a 200 foot column of water in a 40 ' wide tube? quiet you mathematicians!
It sure sounds like a trick question. I picture this like two grain silos side by side. Same height, but one is 40' in diameter and one is only 3' in diameter????
They are both filled with water.....which one weighs more? Is this the right image?
I would have to say the fourty foot tube,
but you left out if they were equally filled
weighs the same.
Who cares?
Originally posted by Kilrtoy
I would have to say the fourty foot tube,
but you left out if they were equally filled
no I did not..a 200 foot column of water!
Originally posted by ratso
weighs the same.
yup...hydrostatic pressure relys on two constants,,weight of fluid..and height of column....buy this man a beer
Originally posted by titties and beer
HOW CAN YOU FILL IT WITH WATER IF ITS FILLED WIHT GRAIN
oatmeal?????
Originally posted by Mandelon
Who cares?
I do because I won't be able to sleep tonight...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
But the volume is so much more.....? It could be 1000 feet across and not weigh more than the 3' wide tube?????
A pint's a pound the world round................
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