Question

If your lawn is 21.0 ft wide and 20.0 ft long, and each square foot of lawn accumulates 1350 new snow flakes every minute. How much snow (in kilograms) accumulates on your lawn per hour? Assume an average snow flake has a mass of 1.60 mg.

Answer 1

Let us start with the total area of the lawn. Area= width x length, ie, 21 x 20 = 420 sq. ft.   Snow flakes per square foot per minute = 1350  So Snow flakes for 420 sq.feet per minute = 420 x 1350 = 567000.   Snow flakes for 1 hour = 567000 x 60 = 34020000 (60 minutes)  Weight of 34020000 snow flakes = 34020000 x 1.60 = 54432000mg.  To convert it into kilograms, divide this number by 1000000 (1 kilogram = 1000000 milligrams)  Thus 54432000/1000000 = 54.432 kilograms or 54 kilograms and 432 grams.