Question

A semi trailer of 9.0% wb moisture soybeans sits outside overnight without a tarp and it rains 1.5 in. The trailer had been level, filled to a depth of 4.5 feet. Assume trailer dimensions of 52 ft × 99 in. Assume the 1.5 in. rain came straight down and was uniformly distributed over the entire volume of soybeans and that nothing leaked from the trailer. Also assume that a bushel of soybeans (1.25 ft3) weighs 60 lb before it rains. Calculate the new moisture content of the soybeans. Assume that 1 bu occupies 1.25 ft3, water = 62.4 lb/ft3. Note: all information is accurate but not necessarily useful in solving the problem.

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