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Chapter 9, Problem 44P
Lake Mead, near the Hoover Dam, which is the largest man-made lake in the United States, contains 28,537,000 acre-foot of water (an acre-foot is the amount of water required to cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot). Express the mass of the water volume in kg and lbm.
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