You're getting confused by the way Mathcad handles units.
There is a difference between lb and lbf; lb is a mass unit (like slugs and kilograms.) lbf is a force (like Newtons.) Your equations need to be unit balanced if they're correct. Now, you define Q as two terms, the first term has defined units:
So Q has units of lbf/in.
When you write lbs/in of circumference, you're specifying force per unit length. To Mathcad, that's lbf/in, or N/m, or . . .
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