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Water Flow in Cylindrical Tanks

The document contains solutions to two problems about water flowing into vertical cylindrical tanks. The first problem asks how fast the surface is rising if water is flowing in at 24 ft3/min and the radius is 4 ft. The solution shows that the surface is rising at 0.477 ft/min. The second problem asks for the radius if water is flowing in at 12 ft3/min and the surface is rising at 6 in/min. The solution shows that the radius is 2.76 ft.

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Water Flow in Cylindrical Tanks

The document contains solutions to two problems about water flowing into vertical cylindrical tanks. The first problem asks how fast the surface is rising if water is flowing in at 24 ft3/min and the radius is 4 ft. The solution shows that the surface is rising at 0.477 ft/min. The second problem asks for the radius if water is flowing in at 12 ft3/min and the surface is rising at 6 in/min. The solution shows that the radius is 2.76 ft.

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Problem 01
Water is flowing into a vertical cylindrical tank at the rate of 24 ft3/min. If the radius of
the tank is 4 ft, how fast is the surface rising?
Solution 01
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Volume of water:
V=πr2h=π(42)h=16πhV=πr2h=π(42)h=16πh
dVdt=16πdhdtdVdt=16πdhdt
24=16πdhdt24=16πdhdt
dhdt=0.477 ft/min dhdt=0.477 ft/min answer

Problem 02
Water flows into a vertical cylindrical tank at 12 ft3/min,
the surface rises 6 in/min. Find the radius of the tank.
Solution 02
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Volume of water:
V=πr2hV=πr2h
dVdt=πr2dhdtdVdt=πr2dhdt
12=πr2(0.5)12=πr2(0.5)
r=120.5π−−−−−√=2.76 ft r=120.5π=2.76 ft answer

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