Lab Manual for Physical Science
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ISBN: 9781259601989
Author: Bill W Tillery
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 8PEB
Each year, sheet erosion removes 0.9 mm of soil from a cornfield that has an area of 4.1
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