Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133593211
Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 6RQ
Consider the following strange, but true, units:
1 arroba =11.5 kilograms [kg] 1 peck = 9 liters [L]
A basketball has a mass of approximately 624 grams [g] and a volume of 0.25 cubic feet [ft3]. Determine the density of the basketball in units of arroba per peck.
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