Question: A trapezoidal channel with bottom width b = 8 and side slopes of z = 3 H : 1 V and a slope of 0

A trapezoidal channel with bottom width b=8 and side slopes of z=3H:1V and a slope of 0.0064 is carrying a flow of 160.6cfs. The Mannings n value is 0.040. For one step of the backwater calculations the known downstream depth is 1.91. The calculated depth 3.0ft upstream is
(answer in feet to 2 decimal places).
A trapezoidal channel with bottom width b = 8 and

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