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Transcribed Image Text:A rectangular concrete channel (n = 0.014) has a bottom width
of 5.05 m and a longitudinal slope of 0.002. Compute the
discharge rate and velocity for a water depth of 2.34 m.
Compute normal depth, critical depth, and critical slope for a
discharge of 6.67 m³/s.
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