A river narrows at a rapids from a width of 12 m to a width of only

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A river narrows at a rapids from a width of 12 m to a width of only 5.8 m. The depth of the river before the rapids is 2.7 m; the depth in the rapids is 0.85 m. Find the speed of water flowing in the rapids, given that its speed before the rapids is 1.2 m/s. Assume the river has a rectangular cross section?

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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