A cubic inch of PVC material weight 0.063 pounds per cubic inch. What's the weight of a 36 inch piece of PVC pipe with an outside diameter of 0.82 inches and an inside diameter of 0.75 inches?

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Answer:

  0.196 lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of the cross section is the difference of the areas of circles with the different diameters. The volume of the pipe material is the product of its cross section area and its length:

  V = π(D² -d²)L/4 = π(0.82² -0.75²)36/4 ≈ 3.107 . . . in³

Then the weight of the material is this volume multiplied by the density.

  W = V·δ = (3.107 in³)(0.063 lb/in³) ≈ 0.196 lb