A truck carrying gasoline overturns during an ice storm. The gasoline tank is ruptured and the gasoline quickly penetrator the vadose zone and enters the aquifer. Some of the gasoline dissolves in the groundwater. The aquifer has a average linear groundwater velocity of 0.033m/day, a porosity of 0.27, a tortuosity coefficient of 0.6, and a ratio of transverse dispersivity to longitudinal dispersivity of 1:10. For the dissolved gasoline: Where would the center of the contaminant plume be after 120days  How far would the leading edge of the plume have advanced beyond the center of the plume after 120days  What is thr width of the plume after 120days

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A truck carrying gasoline overturns during an ice storm. The gasoline tank is ruptured and the gasoline quickly penetrator the vadose zone and enters the aquifer. Some of the gasoline dissolves in the groundwater. The aquifer has a average linear groundwater velocity of 0.033m/day, a porosity of 0.27, a tortuosity coefficient of 0.6, and a ratio of transverse dispersivity to longitudinal dispersivity of 1:10. For the dissolved gasoline:

Where would the center of the contaminant plume be after 120days 

How far would the leading edge of the plume have advanced beyond the center of the plume after 120days 

What is thr width of the plume after 120days 

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