Q. Sand drops from the bottom of a hopper into a horizontally moving belt conveyor. If the conveyor is travelling at 2000 fpm and the sand is fed at the rate of 1500 1b/min, the force necessary to drive the conveyor would be (Solved)
1. 258 lb
2. Zero
3. Cannot be determined from the given data
4. 10 kg
5. 516 lb
- a. 258 lb