Two canals join to form a larger canal as shown inVideo V10.6 and Fig. P10.62. Each of

Chapter 10, Problem 10.62

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Two canals join to form a larger canal as shown inVideo V10.6 and Fig. P10.62. Each of the three rectangularcanals is lined with the same material and has the same bottomslope. The water depth in each is to be 2 m. Determine the widthof the merged canal, b. Explain physically (i.e., without usingany equations) why it is expected that the width of the mergedcanal is less than the combined widths of the two original canals(i.e., b < 4 m + 8 m = 12 m).

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