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Textbook Solutions for Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 2 (Chapters 21 - 44)

Chapter 23 Problem 79

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Water in an irrigation ditch of width w 3.22 m and depth d 1.04 m flows with a speed of 0.207 m/s. The mass flux of the flowing water through an imaginary surface is the product of the waters density (1000 kg/m3 ) and its volume flux through that surface. Find the mass flux through the following imaginary surfaces: (a) a surface of area wd, entirely in the water, perpendicular to the flow; (b) a surface with area 3wd/2, of which wd is in the water, perpendicular to the flow; (c) a surface of area wd/2, entirely in the water, perpendicular to the flow; (d) a surface of area wd, half in the water and half out, perpendicular to the flow; (e) a surface of area wd, entirely in the water,with its normal 34.0 from the direction of flow.

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Title Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 2 (Chapters 21 - 44)  10 
Author David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker
ISBN 9781118230732

Water in an irrigation ditch of width w 3.22 m and depth d 1.04 m flows with a speed of

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