Deflate the tyres by one inch and voila, the truck goes past the bridge.
Deflate the tyres.
let some air out of your tires, enough to clear the bridge.
Not possible - unless you slice part of the top of the bus off !
NO
Yes. An inch is a twelfth of a foot. As there are 12 inches to a foot.
a foot
1 foot = 12 inches1 foot-pound = 12 inch-pounds
square feet
125 inches = 10.4167 feet 125 inch-pounds = 10.4167 foot-pounds
Short-bed trucks (1500 series only) rode a 117.5-inch wheelbase and had a 6.5-foot cargo bed. Long beds, in all three series, had a 131.5-inch wheelbase and 8-foot bed. Extended-cab pickups rode a 155.5-inch span with 8-foot bed, or 141.5-inch with 6.5-foot bed. Borrowed from : http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/1990-to-1998-chevrolet-c-k-pickup.htm
No, a foot is longer than an inch. There are 12 inches in a foot.
1 foot = 12 inches(1 foot) pound = (12 inch) pounds(18 foot) pounds = (18 x 12) = 216 inch pounds