Question

An irrigation canal has a rectangular cross section. At one point where the canal is 18.2 m wide and the water is 3.55 m deep, the water flows at 2.55 cm/s . At a second point downstream, but on the same level, the canal is 16.3 m wide, but the water flows at 11.6 cm/s . How deep is the water at this point

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Rate of volume flow at two points will be same at two points .

A₁ V₁ = A₂V₂

A₁ and A₂ are area of cross section at two points and V₁ and V₂ are velocities .

A₁ = 18.2 x 3.55 = 64.61 m²

V₁ = 2 .55 x 10⁻² m/s

A₂ = 16.3 x d = 16.3 d m²

d is depth at second point .

V₂ = 11.6 x 10⁻² m/s

64.61 m² x 2 .55 x 10⁻² m/s = 16.3 d m² x 11.6 x 10⁻² m/s

d = .87 m

so canal is .87 m deep.