A watershed has five non-recording rain gauges, installed in its area. The amount of rainfall recorded for one of the years is given below: Rain gauge station 1 || ||| IV V Annual rainfall in cm 100 120 190 95 125 Find the required optimum number of non-recording and recording rain gauges for this watershed. Assume an error of 10% in the estimation of mean rainfall.
A watershed has five non-recording rain gauges, installed in its area. The amount of rainfall recorded for one of the years is given below: Rain gauge station 1 || ||| IV V Annual rainfall in cm 100 120 190 95 125 Find the required optimum number of non-recording and recording rain gauges for this watershed. Assume an error of 10% in the estimation of mean rainfall.
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![A watershed has five non-recording rain gauges, installed in its area. The amount of rainfall recorded
for one of the years is given below:
Rain gauge station
|
||
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IV
V
Annual rainfall in cm
100
120
190
95
125
Find the required optimum number of non-recording and recording rain gauges for this watershed.
Assume an error of 10% in the estimation of mean rainfall.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F51274a08-ce26-47fb-8b1d-9af822806607%2F2be3ff58-95ae-4ef5-91f9-21d7365e2160%2F7a2pcsr_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A watershed has five non-recording rain gauges, installed in its area. The amount of rainfall recorded
for one of the years is given below:
Rain gauge station
|
||
|||
IV
V
Annual rainfall in cm
100
120
190
95
125
Find the required optimum number of non-recording and recording rain gauges for this watershed.
Assume an error of 10% in the estimation of mean rainfall.
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