Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
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Chapter 14 - Fluids - Problems - Page 410: 52

Answer

The river has a depth of $~~4.0~m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the depth of the river: $A_f~v_f = A_{i1}~v_{i1}+ A_{i2}~v_{i2}$ $w_f~h_f~v_f = w_{i1}~d_{i1}~v_{i1}+ w_{i2}~d_{i2}~v_{i2}$ $h_f = \frac{w_{i1}~d_{i1}~v_{i1}+ w_{i2}~d_{i2}~v_{i2}}{w_f~v_f}$ $h_f = \frac{(8.2~m)(3.4~m)(2.3~m/s)+ (6.8~m)(3.2~m)(2.6)}{(10.5~m)(2.9~m/s)}$ $h_f = 4.0~m$ The river has a depth of $~~4.0~m$
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