Wednesday, February 1, 2012

AP:hydroponics

Determine the maximum number of plants that can be supported in a hydroponics system. Given the parameters from class.
Density of foam- 100kg/m^3
Mass of plants-.5kg
Volume of foam- .012m^3
Radius of opening in foam for plant r- .08m
Key to solution.
Draw a picture
Create a fbd
Write an equation For sum of forces interms of the number of plants
Set sum = 0
Solve for # of plants
You should include at minimum the step listed above. A nice picture with some color would be awesome.
Oh and state the objective first!

1 comment:

  1. can someone elaborate this for me please. like what are the dimensions, is it a rectangle? how far apart can the radii be?

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