In a shower, 5 cm of rain falls. The volume of water that falls on 1.5 hectares of ground is:
Select.
A) 75 cu . m
B) 750 cu . m
C) 7500 cu . m
D) 75000 cu . m
E) none of these

Rationale: solution area = ( 1.5 × 10000 ) m 2 = 45000 m 2 . depth = m = m . ∴ volume = ( area × depth ) = m 3 = 750 m 3 . answer b
Answer: B