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What is the weight of Boeing 747?

Taking airplane is empty.

Weight overall =  Body weight + Wheel Weight

NO of wheels in 747 is 18

Weight?

Body weight = volume of airplane * density

Can someone tell me the proper approach to this Guesstimate?

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Vlad
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bearbeitet am 2. Apr. 2018
McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi! 

This question is more a brainteaser and it's less about the actual weight but rather about how you will measure it.

You can use both non-creative and creative approaches:

1) You can weight each part of the plain separately: wheels, chairs, etc. Don't forget the paint

2) You can recommend tying a rope around the plane’s midsection, throwing that rope over a rafter at the top of the hangar and then attaching the other end of the rope to a large platform onto which you will quickly load bricks of a known and pre-defined weight until the plane lifts off the ground and then all you need to do is count the bricks.

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R
am 2. Apr. 2018
So for the first approach, for the weight of wings and circular body...how do we proceed.
R
am 2. Apr. 2018
can nyone tell me the assumption for area of wing mid and back both
T
am 2. Apr. 2018
So the first question to the interviewer should be wether to calculate/estimate or measure the weight. Correct?
R
am 2. Apr. 2018
yeah...so how do we estimate everything
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am 2. Apr. 2018

I think your approach is fine, but would augment by dividing the non empty volume in categories of materials (aluminium, foam, plastic) to be more precise.

Hope it helps,

Andrea

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