4. Floating wetlands are a type of green infrastructure that can be deployed to remove nutrients from the water and provide other services to aquatic ecosystems. To create a floating wetland, you've added 400 lbs of plants and soil to a floating platform that has a SG of 0.11 and dimensions 8 inches x 5 ft x 8 ft. You also want to add a weather station to this platform to collect data about rain, winds, tides, etc. while the wetland is deployed. This weather station would weigh 150 lbs and would shift the overall center of gravity (of the platform + plants/soil + weather station) to 1 ft above the top of the 8 inches x 5 ft x 8 ft platform. Will the floating wetland be stable if you add this weather station? H₂O Y *not drawn to scale Weather station width into the page = 5 ft Floating Platform 8 feet 8 inches
4. Floating wetlands are a type of green infrastructure that can be deployed to remove nutrients from the water and provide other services to aquatic ecosystems. To create a floating wetland, you've added 400 lbs of plants and soil to a floating platform that has a SG of 0.11 and dimensions 8 inches x 5 ft x 8 ft. You also want to add a weather station to this platform to collect data about rain, winds, tides, etc. while the wetland is deployed. This weather station would weigh 150 lbs and would shift the overall center of gravity (of the platform + plants/soil + weather station) to 1 ft above the top of the 8 inches x 5 ft x 8 ft platform. Will the floating wetland be stable if you add this weather station? H₂O Y *not drawn to scale Weather station width into the page = 5 ft Floating Platform 8 feet 8 inches
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Transcribed Image Text:4. Floating wetlands are a type of green infrastructure that can be deployed to remove nutrients
from the water and provide other services to aquatic ecosystems. To create a floating wetland,
you've added 400 lbs of plants and soil to a floating platform that has a SG of 0.11 and
dimensions 8 inches x 5 ft x 8 ft. You also want to add a weather station to this platform to
collect data about rain, winds, tides, etc. while the wetland is deployed. This weather station
would weigh 150 lbs and would shift the overall center of gravity (of the platform + plants/soil +
weather station) to 1 ft above the top of the 8 inches x 5 ft x 8 ft platform. Will the floating
wetland be stable if you add this weather station?
Transcribed Image Text:H₂O
Y
*not drawn to scale
Weather station
width into the page = 5 ft
Floating Platform
8 feet
8 inches
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