Question

It takes about 38 m3 of boards and plywood to build an average-size, single-family home. Can an average-size, single-family home be built with one day’s output from the saw mill? About how many days will it take for the saw mill to produce enough lumber to build a neighborhood of 100 average-size homes?

Answer 1

A) The answer to whether an average-size, single-family home be built with one day’s output from the saw mill is; No, it can't be built from one days output

B) The number of days will it take for the saw mill to produce enough lumber to build a neighborhood of 100 average-size homes is; 1100 days

A) From research, the average size capacity saw mill usually produces around 1500 board feet of boards per day.

Now, converting board ft to cubic meter gives;

1 board feet = 1/424 m³

Thus; 1500 board feet = 1500 * 1/424 ≈ 3.54 m³

Now, we are told that it takes 38 m³ of boards and plywood to build an average size single family home.

Since one days output = 3.54 m³

It is less than the volume required for the average sized house and so the daily output will not be sufficient.

B) Number of days to produce enough boards and plywood for the average sized family home = 38/3.54 ≈ 11 days

Thus, for 100  homes;

Number of days = 100 * 11 = 1100 days

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