{"id":159895,"date":"2023-09-18T15:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=159895"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:39:38","slug":"the-annual-average-rainfall-in-a-tropical-city-is-1000-mm-on-a-particular-rainy-day-24-hour-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/the-annual-average-rainfall-in-a-tropical-city-is-1000-mm-on-a-particular-rainy-day-24-hour-period\/","title":{"rendered":"The annual average rainfall in a tropical city is 1000 mm On a particular rainy day (24-hour period)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. The annual average rainfall in a tropical city is 1000 mm. On a particular rainy day (24-hour period), the cumulative rainfall experienced by the city is shown in the graph. Over the 24-hour period, 50% of the rainfall falling on a rooftop, which had an obstruction- free area of 50 m<sup>2<\/sup>, was harvested into a tank. What is the total volume of water collected in the tank in liters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-69.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159896\" style=\"width:229px;height:216px\" width=\"229\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-69.png 398w, https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-69-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>(A) 25,000<\/td><td>(B) 18,750<\/td><td>(C) 7,500<\/td><td>(D) 3,125<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ans; 7,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cumulative rainfall = 300 mm <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area A = 50 m2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>50% of the rainfall on a rooftop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rainfall falling on a rooftop = 50% of cumulative rainfall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-932.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159897\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The volume of precipitation on rooftop = Area of rooftop \u00d7 Rainfall falling on a rooftop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vroof = 50 \u00d7 150 \u00d7 10<sup>-3<\/sup> = 750 m<sup>2<\/sup> = 7200 liters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The volume of water calculated on tank volume of precipitation on roof loop <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>V<sub>P<\/sub> = 7500 liters <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2234 The total volume of water collected in the tank is 7500 liters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. The annual average rainfall in a tropical city is 1000 mm. On a particular rainy day (24-hour period), the cumulative rainfall experienced by the city is shown in the graph. Over the 24-hour period, 50% of the rainfall falling on a rooftop, which had an obstruction- free area of 50 m2, was harvested into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":159898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5141],"tags":[5140],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-159895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gate","tag-gate-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159899,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159895\/revisions\/159899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159895"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=159895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}