Question: Water discharges into a 7-m-wide rectangular horizontal channel from a sluice gate and undergoes a hydraulic jump. The flow depth and velocity before the jump

Water discharges into a 7-m-wide rectangular horizontal channel from a sluice gate and undergoes a hydraulic jump. The flow depth and velocity before the jump are 0.65 m and 5 m/s, respectively. The wasted power potential due to the hydraulic jump is

(a) 158 kW 

(b) 112 kW 

(c) 67.3 kW

(d) 50.4 kW 

(e) 37.6 kW

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