Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134639673
Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
Publisher: PEARSON
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  1. 1. A history major of your acquaintance is studying agricultural commerce in nineteenth century Wales. He has encountered many references to “hobbits” of grain, and thinking that this must be some type of unit similar to a bushel (rather than a diminutive inhabitant of Middle Earth), he has sought your advice because he knows you are studying unit conversions in your engineering class.

He provides a worksheet containing yearly records for the total number of hobbits of three commodities sold by a Mr. Thomas between 1817 and 1824, and he has asked you to convert these to not only cubic meters, but also both U.S. and imperial bushels.

  A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1                          
2                          
3                          
4                          
5   Barley Wheat Oats
6 Year Hobbits Imp. Bushels US Bushels Cubic Meters Hobbits Imp. Bushels US Bushels Cubic Meters Hobbits Imp. Bushels US Bushels Cubic Meters
7 1817 105       154       203      
8 1818 118       145       187      
9 1819 98       167       167      
10 1820 187       324       199      
11 1821 102       105       210      
12 1822 142       168       147      
13 1823 93       132       168      
14 1824 117       136       193      
15                          
16   hobbits Imp. Bushels US Bushels Cubic motors                
17   1                      

After a little research, you find that the hobbit was equal to two and a half imperial bushels, the imperial bushel equals 2219 cubic inches, and the U.S. bushel equals 2150 cubic inches.

First, you create a table showing the conversion factors from hobbits to the other units, including comments documenting the conversion. You then use these calculated conversion factors to create the rest of the table.

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