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A foam kickboard to use for swimming has two identical hand grips.

a. Find the volume of the kickboard
b. One cubic inch of the phone weighs about 0.007 lb. How much does the kickboard weigh?​

A foam kickboard to use for swimming has two identical hand grips. a. Find the volume-example-1
User Epool
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Answer:

a. 215.6 in^3

b. 1.51 lb

Explanation:

The area of each hand grip hole is that of a circle of radius 0.6 in together with a rectangle 2 in long and 1.2 in wide. So, that area is ...

π·(0.6 in)^2 + (2 in)(1.2 in) = (0.36π +2.4) in^2

The area of the kickboard before the hand grip holes are put in is that of a semicircle of radius 5.5 in together with a rectangle 12 in long and 11 in wide. So, that area is ...

(1/2)·π·(5.5 in)^2 + (12 in)(11 in) = (15.125π +132) in^2

Taking the hand grip holes out, the top area of the board is ...

((15.125π +132) -2(0.36π +2.4)) in^2

= (14.405π + 127.2) in^2

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a. The volume is the product of the area and the thickness, so is ...

((14.405π +127.2) in^2)·(1.25 in) ≈ 215.568 in^3

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b. The weight of the kickboard is the product of its volume and its density:

(215.568 in^3)(0.007 lb/in^3) ≈ 1.509 lb

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