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can a toilet paper tube support your weight
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macshawn
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- Project Question: Can a Toilet Tube Support your weight?
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can a toilet paper tube support your weight
is there an equation to figure when a toilet tube will support your weight?
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Re: can a toilet paper tube support your weight
Hi macshawn,
I'm assuming you're trying something like this? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/edu ... ns_ho.html.
There isn't a particular equation for determining the strength of paper tubes, but you can conduct a series of experiments that determine under what CONDITIONS a tube might support your weight. You can check out the SciBuddies website here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p015.shtml for help on designing the experiment.
Good luck!
Ktsshao
I'm assuming you're trying something like this? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/edu ... ns_ho.html.
There isn't a particular equation for determining the strength of paper tubes, but you can conduct a series of experiments that determine under what CONDITIONS a tube might support your weight. You can check out the SciBuddies website here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p015.shtml for help on designing the experiment.
Good luck!
Ktsshao