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Postby shergo21 on Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:08 pm

One cubit foot holds 7.48 gallons of water, and one gallon of water weights 8.33 lbs. how much does a cubit foot of water weigh in lbs? in Ounces?
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Postby stapel_eliz on Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:19 pm

shergo21 wrote:One cubit foot holds 7.48 gallons of water, and one gallon of water weights 8.33 lbs. how much does a cubit foot of water weigh in lbs? in Ounces?

To learn how to convert the units, please study this lesson.

Then start your computations with "(3 ft3/1) * (7.48 gal / 1 ft3)".

If you get stuck, please reply showing all of your steps. Thank you! :wink:
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Postby shergo21 on Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:28 am

Thank you!
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