Use a calculator to plug in the different numbers to the equations
It's depending on what size of the tree it is. For example, if the tree is large it will block most of the water that runs through. If the tree is small it shouldn't do as much besides block a little amount of water and it will probably go down stream.
This is based on my thinking
(1) Ar is your answer. Argon is a noble gas, which is stable in its standard valence electron configuration because it already completed its valence shell following the octet rule.
It functions to maintain the proper pressure within the plant cells to provide structure