The BP Oil Spill In 2010 an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11...

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The BP Oil Spill In 2010 an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and caused oil to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. Spokespeople for BP indicated that approximately 1000 to 5000 barrels of oil per day leaked into the Gulf. The broken pipelines were capped after 87 days. The pipe that was leaking oil had a radius of 10.5 inches. A physics professor analyzed a short video of the spill released by BP and determined that the flow rate for the oil was (approximately) 2 feet per second. What volume of oil was flowing out of the pipe each second? Answer in cubic fe The BP Oil Spill In 2010 an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and caused oil to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. Spokespeople for BP indicated that approximately 1000 to 5000 barrels of oil per day leaked into the Gulf. The broken pipelines were capped after 87 days. The pipe that was leaking oil had a radius of 10.5 inches. A physics professor analyzed a short video of the spill released by BP and determined that the flow rate for the oil was (approximately) 2 feet per second. What volume of oil was flowing out of the pipe each second? Answer in cubic fe

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