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From: Keith Alverson
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 00:00

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Bring a tire pressure gauge and a ruler.
Measure the pressure in each tire in pounds per square inch.
then measure the area of contact each tire has with the floor in square inches.
multiply. to get the weght in pounds.

To do this fast, you may wish to bring 4 tire gauges and figure out
a better way to get the area of contact, maybe with paper cutouts or something.

-- 


Keith Alverson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Deptartment
54-1419
Cambridge MA 02139
USA

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From: keith@puddle.mit.edu (Keith Alverson)
Subject: Re: School Science competition!!!  Please Read...
Date: 1995/03/29
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