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Hydraulic engineers in the United States often use, as a unit of volume of water, the acre-foot, defined as the volume of water that will cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 ft. A severe thunderstorm dumped 2.0 in. of rain in 30 min on a town of area 26 km2.What volume of water, in acre-feet, fell on the town?

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Answer:

(46643614ft3) (1 acre-foot)

_____________ . _______________

1 43560 ft3

Step-by-step explanation:

Volume of water that fell on the town was = 1070 acre-feet

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