document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=760080>Question 760080</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A river 2 m deep and 20 m wide is flowing at the rate of 5.4 km per<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hour. How much water will fall into the sea in 3 minutes. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #462416 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=DrBeeee><B>DrBeeee(684)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=DrBeeee><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=462416\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The cross section of the river is 2*20 or 40 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Now we need to find how many meters the river flows in 3 min, when the rate is 5.4 km per hr.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = the number of meters the river flows in 3 min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First convert the rate from km/hr to m/min by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) r = 5.4km*(1000m/km)/((hr)(60min/hr)) or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) r = 5400m/(60min) or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) r = 90 m/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now to find x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) x = 3min*90m/min or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5) x = 270m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The volume, V, of water flowing into the sea is the cross section times the meters it flows in 3 min (our x), <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6) V = 40<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*270m or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7) V = 10,800<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer:The volume of water flowing into the sea in 3 minutes is 10,800<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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