{"id":1346,"date":"2026-05-12T21:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/exercise-3\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:33:31","slug":"exercise-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/exercise-3\/","title":{"raw":"Exercise 3","rendered":"Exercise 3"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"exercise-3\" class=\"level1\">\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\r\n\r\nUse the vertical and horizontal scales in the lower left corner of <a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/fluid-energy\/#X1b7fe8ac9e06d80ac02b7a581905adf4ca2479d\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\">Figure\u00a09<\/span><\/a> to calculate the vertical hydraulic gradient 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