The Specific weight of water is 62.4 lb/ft^3.
Assuming 7.48 gal/ft^3, determine the weight of 1 gal of water?
Take a look at the units you have been given:
lb/ft^3 * ft^3/gal = lb/gal
so,
62.4 lb/ft^3 * 1 ft^3/7.48gal = 8.34 lb/gal
Well, since you're asking for a specific weight, I'm going to have to throw some funny numbers at you. Are you ready?
The weight of 1 gallon of water is... (drumroll please)... the exact amount your arm feels like when you try to hold on to just one grocery bag for dear life, but it's full of way too many heavy items. It's that "Oh no, my arm is going to fall off" weight.
But seriously, let's do the math. We know that there are 7.48 gallons in 1 cubic foot, and the specific weight of water is 62.4 lb/ft^3. So, if we divide 62.4 by 7.48, we get approximately 8.35 lb/gal.
Therefore, one gallon of water weighs about 8.35 pounds. Now, that's a weight you can lift without worrying about losing an arm!
To determine the weight of 1 gallon of water, we can use the given specific weight of water.
First, let's convert 7.48 gal/ft^3 to ft^3/gal by taking its reciprocal:
1 ft^3/gal = 1 / (7.48 gal/ft^3)
Now, we can multiply the conversion factor by the specific weight of water to calculate the weight of 1 gallon of water, in pounds:
Weight of 1 gal of water = 62.4 lb/ft^3 * 1 ft^3/gal
Simplifying this expression gives:
Weight of 1 gal of water = 62.4 lb/gal
Therefore, the weight of 1 gallon of water is 62.4 pounds.
To determine the weight of 1 gallon of water, you can use the specific weight value you provided and the conversion factor between gallons and cubic feet.
1 gallon of water is equivalent to 1/7.48 cubic feet (since there are 7.48 gallons in 1 cubic foot).
Now let's calculate the weight of 1 gallon of water:
Weight of 1 gallon of water = Specific weight of water x Volume of 1 gallon
Since the specific weight of water is given as 62.4 lb/ft^3 and we know that 1 gallon is equal to 1/7.48 cubic feet, we can substitute these values into the formula:
Weight of 1 gallon of water = 62.4 lb/ft^3 x (1/7.48 ft^3)
Simplifying the equation:
Weight of 1 gallon of water = 62.4 lb/ft^3 x 0.1337 ft^3
Now multiply the specific weight by the volume:
Weight of 1 gallon of water ≈ 8.344 lb/gallon
Therefore, the weight of 1 gallon of water is approximately 8.344 pounds.