Filling the tank

Geometry Level 3

Water is flowing at a rate of 15 km/hr 15 \text{ km/hr} through a pipe of diameter 14cm into a rectangular tank which is 50m long and 44m wide.

Find the time required (in minutes) for the level of water in the tank to rise to 21 cm.

Take the value of pi as 22 7 \dfrac{22}7 .


The answer is 120.

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1 solution

Sravanth C.
Jan 7, 2016

According to the question, the volume to be filled is equivalent to the volume of a cuboid of dimensions 50 m × 44 m × 21 cm 50\text m\times 44\text m\times 21\text{cm} .

Which is equal to 50 × 44 × 21 100 = 462 m 3 50\times 44\times \dfrac{21}{100}=462\text m^3 .

We have the speed of water to be 15 km/hr = 15000 m/hr 15 \text{km/hr} = 15000 \text{m/hr} , and the radius of the pipe is 7 cm = 0.07 m 7 \text{cm} = 0.07 \text{m} . We can find the volume of water flowing into the tank per hour, which is: π r 2 × speed of water = 22 7 × 0.0 7 2 × 15000 = 231 m 3 /hr \pi r^2\times \text{speed of water} = \dfrac{22}{7}\times 0.07^2\times 15000 = 231\text{m}^3\text{/hr}

So, the time taken by the pipe to fill the water is = 462 231 = 2 hr = 120 min =\dfrac{462}{231}=\boxed{2\text{hr}}=\boxed{120\text{min}} .

Did the same !! Nice solution !!

Akshat Sharda - 5 years, 5 months ago

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Thanks! Hope you liked the problem :)

Sravanth C. - 5 years, 5 months ago

Hi, maybe you could consider specifying in the question that π \pi should be taken as 22 7 \dfrac{22}{7} , or else we end up with many pesky decimals. :)

Nicole Tay - 5 years, 5 months ago

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Oh, sure! Thanks, I've edited it.

Sravanth C. - 5 years, 5 months ago

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