Question

Each mile of a railway track required between 1760 and 2000 sleepers if one average sized tree yields 3and 5sleepers for a 3 metre wide broad gauge track calculate approximately how many trees would have to be cut to lay one mile of track

Answer 1

Each mile of railway track required b/w 1,760 & 2,000 sleepers. if one average sized tree yields 3 to 5 sleepers for a 3 metre wide broad gauge track, calculate approximately how many trees would have to be cut to lay one mile of track. ... Average number of sleepers obtained from one tree = 4 approximate ...