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An ideal settling basin has a plan area of 100 m $^{2}$ . If a flow of 2400 m $^{3}$ /day has passed through the basin, then for removing the discrete particle completely from the basin, the terminal settling velocity is, nearly

1 m/hour

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Solution

The correct option is A 1 m/hour
$V_{o} = \frac{Q}{A} = \frac{2400}{100} m / d a y$

$= \frac{24}{24} m / h o u r$

= 1 m/hour

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An ideal settling basin has a plan area of 100 m2. If a flow of 2400 m3/day has passed through the basin, then for removing the discrete particle completely from the basin, the terminal settling velocity is, nearly

The correct option is A 1 m/hourVo=QA=2400100 m/day =2424 m/hour = 1 m/hour

An ideal settling basin has a plan area of 100 m $^{2}$ . If a flow of 2400 m $^{3}$ /day has passed through the basin, then for removing the discrete particle completely from the basin, the terminal settling velocity is, nearly

The correct option is A 1 m/hour
$V_{o} = \frac{Q}{A} = \frac{2400}{100} m / d a y$

$= \frac{24}{24} m / h o u r$

= 1 m/hour