Consider a hemispherical tank of radius containing a non-viscous liquid of Density . A small hole is formed at the bottom of the tank and the area of cross section of the hole is . If the liquid starts flowing from the hole at time and if at time the tank is empty then consider these two cases.
Now say in the 1st one in the picture,Time required is and for the second case the time requires is , and , find the value of .
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Conservation of energy 2 1 ρ v 2 = ρ g y gives for the volume outflow rate of liquid d t d V = − a v = − a 2 g y . Since d V = A ( y ) d y , where A ( y ) is the cross-sectional area at height y , we have d y d t = A ( y ) d V d t = − a 2 g y A ( y ) = − k y A ( y ) / π for a constant k .
The cross-sectional areas at height y for both containers is A 1 ( y ) / π = R 2 − ( R − y ) 2 = 2 R y − y 2 ; A 2 ( y ) / π = R 2 − y 2 . Thus t 1 ( y ) = − k ∫ ( 2 R y − y y ) d y = t 1 , empty − k ( 3 4 R y y − 5 2 y 2 y ) ; t 2 ( y ) = − k ∫ ( R 2 / y − y y ) d y = t 2 , empty − k ( 2 R 2 y − 5 2 y 2 y ) . Finally, setting t ( R ) = 0 , t 1 , empty = k ( 3 4 − 5 2 ) R 2 R ; t 2 , empty = k ( 2 − 5 2 ) R 2 R . The desired traction is t 2 , empty t 1 , empty = 2 − 5 2 3 4 − 5 2 = 2 4 / 1 5 1 4 / 1 5 = 1 2 7 . Therefore we submit the answer 7 + 1 2 = 1 9 .