Question

A team of geologists is surveying on a mountain. They come across a newly formed stream. The stream is flowing at an average rate of 420 cubic meters per minute. At the average rate of flow the stream will produce 14,700cubic meters of water in

Answer 1

35 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

The flow rate of the stream is the rate of volume of water with respect to time. It expresses the volume of water flowing per unit time.

Flow rate =
`(volume)/(time)`

From the given question,

average flow rate of the stream = 420 cubic meters per minute, and the required volume = 14700 cubic meters.

So that;

time =
`(volume)/(flow rate)`

=
`(14700)/(420)`

= 35

time = 35 minutes

Therefore, with the given average flow rate, the steam will produce 14,700 cubic meters of water in 35 minutes.