A watershed has five non-recording raingauges, installed in its area. The amount of rainfall recorded for one of the years is given below: Raingauge stations Annual rainfall (cm) 100 II 120 II 190 IV 95 V 125 Find the required optimum number of non-recording and recording raingauges for this watershed. Assume an error of 10% in the estimation of mean rainfall.

A watershed has five non-recording raingauges, installed in its area. The amount of rainfall recorded for one of the years is given below: Raingauge stations Annual rainfall (cm) 100 II 120 II 190 IV 95 V 125 Find the required optimum number of non-recording and recording raingauges for this watershed. Assume an error of 10% in the estimation of mean rainfall.

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A watershed has five non-recording raingauges, installed in its area. The
given below:
amount of rainfall recorded for one
the years
Raingauge stations
Annual rainfall (cm)
100
II
120
II
190
IV
95
V
125
Find the required optimum number of non-recording and recording raingauges for this watershed.
Assume an error of 10% in the estimation of mean rainfall.
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