Fundamentals of hydraulic engineering

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1.If a 1:1000 scale tidal basin model is used to study theoperation of a prototype satifying the Froude number law, whatlength of time in the model represents a period of one day in theprototype?

This question is from "Fundamentals of Hydraulic EngineeringSystems - 3rd Ed.. Ned Hwang & Robert J. Houghtalen.

2.A stabilization pond is designed for a 35-day detention time. If the pond is maintained at a capacity of 40 acre-feet, what is the average gpd flow to the stabilizaiton pond?

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