SOLUTION: If a dam on a river bursts and the water flows downstream at a velocity 120 ft/sec, how long (in minutes) will it take for the floodwaters to inundate a town located 22 miles downs
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Question 1017783: If a dam on a river bursts and the water flows downstream at a velocity 120 ft/sec, how long (in minutes) will it take for the floodwaters to inundate a town located 22 miles downstream? Remember: Rate x Time = Distance Answer by ikleyn(52802) (Show Source):
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If a dam on a river bursts and the water flows downstream at a velocity 120 ft/sec, how long (in minutes) will it take
for the floodwaters to inundate a town located 22 miles downstream? Remember: Rate x Time = Distance
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1 mile = 5280 ft (see this site).
Therefore, 22 miles = 22*5280 ft.
time = = = 968 seconds = = 16 minutes 8 seconds.
