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The thickness of the suspended matter on top of the sand bed is __________

a.

Directly proportional to head loss

b.

Inversely proportional to head loss

c.

Independent of the head loss

d.

Directly proportional to the square of head loss

Answer: (a).Directly proportional to head loss

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