A dumpy level with an interval focusing telescope has set-up on the left bank of a river and the rod readings tabulated below were taken on a stadia rod held successively at the left and right water edges. If the stadia interval factor of the instrument is 100, what is the width of the river?
A dumpy level with an interval focusing telescope has set-up on the left bank of a river and the rod readings tabulated below were taken on a stadia rod held successively at the left and right water edges. If the stadia interval factor of the instrument is 100, what is the width of the river?
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A dumpy level with an interval focusing telescope has set-up on the left bank of a river and the rod readings tabulated below were taken on a stadia rod held successively at the left and right water edges. If the stadia interval factor of the instrument is 100, what is the width of the river?
Where:
LWE = Left water edge
RWE = Right Water edge
![A dumpy level with an interval focusing telescope has set-up on the left bank of a river
and the rod readings tabulated below were taken on a stadia rod held successively at
the left and right water edges. If the stadia interval factor of the instrument is 100,
what is the width of the river?
Hair
Rod Position
Upper (a) Middle (b) Lower ©
Rod Held @
2.189
2.172
2.155
LWE
Rod held @
2.277
2.173
2.069
RWE
Where:
LWE = Left water edge
RWE = Right Water edge
Unit: meter](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff5f4f054-2052-45f7-8ef9-2c6f811c9aac%2Fb5b5bbc8-7e42-426c-bd6d-6113b98e2c46%2Fecrtevk_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A dumpy level with an interval focusing telescope has set-up on the left bank of a river
and the rod readings tabulated below were taken on a stadia rod held successively at
the left and right water edges. If the stadia interval factor of the instrument is 100,
what is the width of the river?
Hair
Rod Position
Upper (a) Middle (b) Lower ©
Rod Held @
2.189
2.172
2.155
LWE
Rod held @
2.277
2.173
2.069
RWE
Where:
LWE = Left water edge
RWE = Right Water edge
Unit: meter
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