{"id":98,"date":"2020-12-27T19:35:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/problem-2-solution\/"},"modified":"2020-12-27T23:07:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T23:07:08","slug":"problem-2-solution","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/problem-2-solution\/","title":{"raw":"Problem 2 Solution","rendered":"Problem 2 Solution"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"problem-2-solution\">\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Question:<\/strong> What is the hydraulic head at the point in the column shown below?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">a) 1 ft\r\nb) 2 ft\r\nc) 3 ft\r\nd) 4 ft\r\ne) 5 ft<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> The correct answer is 5 ft, because the hydraulic head everywhere in the static water column is equal to the elevation of the water surface. The head is not 1 ft, because hydraulic head is not equal to the height above the base of the water column. The head is not 2 ft, because hydraulic head in the water column is not equal to the elevation of the point of measurement. The hydraulic head is not 3 ft, because hydraulic head is not equal to the height of the water column above the point of measurement. The hydraulic head is not 4 ft, because hydraulic head does not represent the total height of the water column above the point of measurement.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/image46.jpeg\" alt=\"Figure for Example Problem 2\" width=\"290\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/components-of-hydraulic-head\/#ExampleProblem2\"><span class=\"import-Hyperlink\">Return to Example Problem 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"problem-2-solution\">\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Question:<\/strong> What is the hydraulic head at the point in the column shown below?<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">a) 1 ft<br \/>\nb) 2 ft<br \/>\nc) 3 ft<br \/>\nd) 4 ft<br \/>\ne) 5 ft<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> The correct answer is 5 ft, because the hydraulic head everywhere in the static water column is equal to the elevation of the water surface. The head is not 1 ft, because hydraulic head is not equal to the height above the base of the water column. The head is not 2 ft, because hydraulic head in the water column is not equal to the elevation of the point of measurement. The hydraulic head is not 3 ft, because hydraulic head is not equal to the height of the water column above the point of measurement. The hydraulic head is not 4 ft, because hydraulic head does not represent the total height of the water column above the point of measurement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/image46.jpeg\" alt=\"Figure for Example Problem 2\" width=\"290\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/components-of-hydraulic-head\/#ExampleProblem2\"><span class=\"import-Hyperlink\">Return to Example Problem 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":16,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-98","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":155,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/98\/revisions\/239"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/155"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/98\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}