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A beam 4 m long, 50 cm wide and 20 cm deep is made of wood which weighs 25 kg per m3. Find the weight of the beam.

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Solution

Given:
Length of the beam, l = 4 m
Breadth of the beam, b = 50 cm = 0.5 m
Depth of the beam, h = 20 cm = 0.2 m
We know:
Volume of the beam = lbh
= 4 × 0.5 × 0.2
= 0.4 m3
Weight of 1 m3 beam = 25 kg
∴ Weight of 0.4 m3 beam = 0.4 × 25 kg = 10 kg

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