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Author: Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 12, Problem 16PE
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A mountain stream is 10.0 m wide and averages 2.00 m in depth. During the spring runoff, the flow in the stream reaches 100,000 m3/s. (a) What is the average velocity of the stream under these conditions? (b) What is unreasonable about this velocity? (c) What is unreasonable or inconsistent about the premises?
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