An iron beam is 9 m long, 40 cm wide and 20 cm high. If 1 cubic metre of iron weighs 50 kg, what is the weight of the beam?

We know that,

Volume of a cuboid = Length × Breadth × Height


= 9 × 0.4 × 0.2


= 0.72 m3


Therefore,


Weight = 0.72 × 50


= 36 kg

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