Water is flowing at a rate of 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 .
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According to the question, the volume to be filled is equivalent to the volume of a cuboid of dimensions 5 0 m × 4 4 m × 2 1 cm .
Which is equal to 5 0 × 4 4 × 1 0 0 2 1 = 4 6 2 m 3 .
We have the speed of water to be 1 5 km/hr = 1 5 0 0 0 m/hr , and the radius of the pipe is 7 cm = 0 . 0 7 m . We can find the volume of water flowing into the tank per hour, which is: π r 2 × speed of water = 7 2 2 × 0 . 0 7 2 × 1 5 0 0 0 = 2 3 1 m 3 /hr
So, the time taken by the pipe to fill the water is = 2 3 1 4 6 2 = 2 hr = 1 2 0 min .