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Ch.1 - Chemical Tools: Experimentation & Measurement

Chapter 1, Problem 98

The volume of water used for crop irrigation is measured in acre-feet, where 1 acre-foot is the amount of water needed to cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 ft. (a) If there are 640 acres per square mile, how many cubic feet of water are in 1 acre-foot? (b) How many acre-feet are in Lake Erie (total volume = 116 mi^3)?

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