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Percolation Rate of Soil

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Razia conducted an experiment in the field related to the rate of percolation. She observed that it took 40 min for 200 ml of water to percolate through the soil sample. Calculate the rate of percolation.

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Given,

Amount of water taken = 200 ml
Time taken by water to percolate = 40 min
$∴ R a t e o f p e r c o l a t i o n = \frac{A m o u n t o f w a t e r t a k e n}{T i m e t a k e n b y w a t e r t o p e r c o l a t e} = 200 m l / 40 m i n = 5 m l / m i n$

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