Question

The Mississippi River flows at 16,790 cubic meters per second.

Answer 1

Answer:

Time taken is $1.45\times 10^8\textrm{ s}$.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Volume of Gulf of Mexico, $V=2434000000000000=2.434\times 10^{12}\textrm{ }m^3$

Flow rate of the Mississippi River, $f=16790=1.679\times 10^4\textrm{ }m^{3}/s$

Now, time taken to fill the volume of Gulf of Mexico is given as:

$Time=\frac{\textrm{Total volume}}{\textrm{Flow rate}}\\\\Time=\frac{2.434\times 10^{12}}{1.679\times 10^{4}}=1.45\times 10^{8}\textrm{ s}$.

Therefore, the time by the Mississippi River to fill the volume of the Gulf of Mexico is $1.45\times 10^8\textrm{ s}$.