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01-02 Water flowing into cylindrical tank

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:
2 2
V = πr h = π(4 )h = 16πh

dV dh
= 16π
dt dt

dh
24 = 16π
dt

dh
= 0.477  ft/min  answer
dt

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:
2
V = πr h

dV dh
2
= πr
dt dt

2
12 = πr (0.5)

−−− −−
12
r = √ = 2.76  ft  answer
0.5π

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Chapter 1 - Fundamentals
Chapter 2 - Algebraic Functions
Chapter 3 - Applications
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