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Agriculture · Q207

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 207

Q207

One acre of soil to a depth of 6 inch weight about

A.
2.25 × 106 kg
B.
2 × 106 kg
C.
2 × 106 Ib
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
One acre of soil to a depth of 6 inches weighs about 2 million pounds or 2 × 106 Ib.
One acre of soil up to 15 cms or 6 inches would be 8,96,000 kgs.