The amount of error allowed in the size of structural steel is 1/10 of 1%. If an I beam is 7.2 inches deep, what, in inches, is the amount of error allowed?

glamrockqueen7

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2021-03-07

The amount of error allowed in the size of structural steel is 110 of 1%. If an I beam is 7.2 inches deep, what, in inches, is the amount of error allowed?

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Nathanael Webber

Nathanael Webber

Skilled2021-03-08Added 117 answers

1% 0f 7.2 is 0.01(7.2)=0.072
110 of this is: 110(0.072)=0.0072
So, the amount of error allowed is 0.0072 in.

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