Use estimation to solve these Fermi-type problems. 1. How many cubic yards of concrete is required...

  

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Use estimation to solve these Fermi-type problems. 1. How many cubic yards of concrete is required to construct 1 mile of interstate highway? 2. How many gallons of gasoline are burned per student when students in this class leave for school break, assuming only one-way travel? 3. If all the land (both currently habituated and all the inhabitable land) were divided equally among all the people now living, how many acres of land would each one have? 4. How many times do my rear tires rotate if I drive around the perimeter of campus? 5. How many gallons of water per day would be saved if everyone in the United States who does not turn of the faucet while they brush their teeth, did so? Use estimation to solve these Fermi-type problems. 1. How many cubic yards of concrete is required to construct 1 mile of interstate highway? 2. How many gallons of gasoline are burned per student when students in this class leave for school break, assuming only one-way travel? 3. If all the land (both currently habituated and all the inhabitable land) were divided equally among all the people now living, how many acres of land would each one have? 4. How many times do my rear tires rotate if I drive around the perimeter of campus? 5. How many gallons of water per day would be saved if everyone in the United States who does not turn of the faucet while they brush their teeth, did so?

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