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theshark1019
09-05-2006, 01:17 AM
what would the volume of water covering a 640 acre area be after 1 inch of rainfall?

Toptunov
09-05-2006, 03:40 PM
There should come a day when Anglosaxons will accept the Napoleon measurement system.
In the meantime accept this help.

CONVERSION TABLE
1 acre = 4046,85642 square meters
1 meter = 39,37 inches

VOLUME
V = B x H = 640 acres x 1 inch = (640 x 4046,85642) x (1/39,37) = 65785,83 cube meters

Epsilon=One
09-05-2006, 06:39 PM
There should come a day when Anglosaxons will accept the Napoleon measurement system.Anglosaxons often seem stubborn and slow to progress.

Possible the one inch of rainfall was adsorbed???