A small tube with a cross-sectional area of 30 cm² is filled with soil and laid horizontally. The open end of the tube is saturated, and after 30 minutes, 150 cm³ of vater have infiltrated into the tube. If the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the soil is 0.3 cm/hr, determine how much infiltration would have taken place in ten minutes if the soil column had initially been placed upright with its surface saturated.

A small tube with a cross-sectional area of 30 cm² is filled with soil and laid horizontally. The open end of the tube is saturated, and after 30 minutes, 150 cm³ of vater have infiltrated into the tube. If the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the soil is 0.3 cm/hr, determine how much infiltration would have taken place in ten minutes if the soil column had initially been placed upright with its surface saturated.

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