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22 September, 04:35

A severe thunderstorm dumped 2.0 in of rain in 30 min on a town of area 22 km2. what mass of water fell on the town? one cubic meter of water has a mass of 103 kg.

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  1. 22 September, 04:53
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    We want to convert everything to meters so we can calculate cubic meter volume and use the given mass information.

    2 inches = 5.08 centimeters =.0508 meters.

    22 square kilometers = 22,000,000 sq meters.

    The product of these gives the number of cubic meters of water that rained ...0508 * 22,000,000 = 1,117,600 cubic meters.

    Multiply by the mass to arrive at final answer. 1,117,600 m^3 * 103kg/m^3 = 115,112,800 kg

    115,112,800 kg of water fell.
  2. 22 September, 04:55
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    For this case, the first thing you should know is that density is defined as the quotient between mass and volume.

    d = m / v

    We have then for this case that the density is:

    d = 103 Kg / m ^ 3

    The volume is given by:

    V = A * d

    Where

    A: area of the city

    d: height of the rain

    Also, for calculation purposes, you must know the following measure:

    1Km = 1000m

    1 inch = 0.0254 meters

    Calculating the volume we have:

    V = (22 * (1000/1) ^ 2) * (2 * (0.0254 / 1)) = 1117600 m ^ 3

    Then, calculating the mass we have:

    m = d * v

    m = (103) * (1117600) = 115112800 Kg

    Equivalently

    m = 1.15 * 10 ^ 8 Kg

    answer

    mass of water fell on the town was 1.15 * 10 ^ 8 Kg
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