SOLUTION: A river is 1000 ft. wide and 10 ft. deep, and is running at 4 mph. Determine amount of time it will discharge a cubic mile of water into the ocean. Cubic mile = 147197952000 cu

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Question 1179288: A river is 1000 ft. wide and 10 ft. deep, and is running at 4 mph. Determine amount of time it will discharge a cubic mile of water into the ocean.
Cubic mile = 147197952000 cu. ft.
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Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1000 ft = 0.189 miles
10 ft =0.00189 mile
4 miles per hour
0.189*0.00189*4
=0.00143 cubic miles

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