Question: Water flows over two rectangular weirs. Weir A is 5 ft long in a channel 10 ft wide; weir B is 5 ft long in

Water flows over two rectangular weirs. Weir A is 5 ft long in a channel 10 ft wide; weir B is 5 ft long in a channel 5 ft wide. Both weirs are 2 ft high. If the head on both weirs is 1.00 ft , then one can conclude that 

(a) QA = QB

(b) QA > QB, or 

(c) QA B.ft Weir A 2 ft - 10 ft Weir B 2 ft

ft Weir A 2 ft - 10 ft Weir B 2 ft - 5 ft

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