Homework Help: Physics 221

Posted by James on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 9:33pm.

Hydraulic engineers in the United States often use, as a unit of volume of water, the acre-foot, defined as the volume of water that will cover 1 acre of land to depth of 1 ft.(feet) A severe thunderstorm dumped 2.0in. (inches) of rain in 30 minutes on a town of area 26 km2 (squared). What volume of water, in acre-feet, fell on the town?

Physics 221 - bobpursley, Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 10:12pm
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1/6 ft*26km^2 in acre feet

Now, work it out to make certain you can get the same answer.
Physics 221 - Anonymous, Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:26am
.1666

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