Monday, April 2, 2007

The Problem Book-11


11.) The Suez Canal in Eqypt is ninety-nine miles long, with a depth of thirty-three feet, and width of one hundred twenty-two feet. The cost to build it sixty-four years ago was one hundred fifty million dollars. Mr. A. Ali has five hundred dollars worth of stock in it at the rate of six and three-fifths percent. Now he wants to know how much money he has coming to him at the above rate from 1869 to May 26, 1933.

How many ounces of water is in the canal? How many cubic inches is in the canal?

One thousand seven hundred twenty-eight cubic inches equal one cubic foot. One cubic foot equals sixty-two and one-half pounds of water.

The Nile River, the longest river on the planet, is four thousand six hundred ninety miles long, and one and three-eights miles wide. How many square miles is in the Nile River? How many square inches is the Nile River?

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