College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 1 - Problems - Page 20: 31

Answer

(a) 486 meters (b) 1830 meters

Work Step by Step

(a) the river span: $1595.5~ft\times \frac{1~m}{3.28~ft} = 486~m$ (b) the total bridge length: $6016~ft\times \frac{1~m}{3.28~ft} = 1830~m$
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