Question

if the percolation rate of a particular soil sample is 20 ml/min,then how much time will 200 ml of water take to percolate completely into the soil?

Answer 1

it takes 10 mins per 200ml of water to percolate.

Answer 2

As per the formula, the rate of percolation = amount of water consumed in the mL / total time taken for the process of percolation

If the rate of percolation = 20 mL/min that means,

In 1 minute, 20 mL is percolating

Hence. in x minutes = 200/20 will percolate

Hence time will be = 10 minutes