Tilted cuboid tank - 2

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A cuboid tank is placed on the x y xy plane, with its base centered at the origin. The base rectangle edges measure 5 5 along the x x axis and 7 7 along the y y axis. The height is 9 9 . It is filled to 2 3 \frac{2}{3} of its height with water. This is shown on the left of the above figure. Then, it is tilted by a certain angle θ \theta about an axis of rotation passing through the base vertex ( 5 2 , 7 2 , 0 ) (\frac{5}{2} , -\frac{7}{2}, 0 ) , and parallel to the vector ( cos 6 0 , sin 6 0 , 0 ) ( \cos 60^{\circ} , \sin 60^{\circ} , 0 ) , such that the water surface touches the tank top vertex that is above the anchor point (originally at ( 5 2 , 7 2 , 9 ) (\frac{5}{2}, -\frac{7}{2}, 9) ). This is shown on the right of the above figure. Find the angle of tilt θ \theta in degrees, and enter 1 0 4 θ \lfloor 10^4 \hspace{3pt} \theta \rfloor .


The answer is 374619.

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1 solution

Hosam Hajjir
Nov 10, 2020

Freezing the water surface with respect to the cuboid, and un-tilting the cuboid (i.e. returning it to the upright orientation it started with), we note that the water surface must pass though the top edge point r 1 = ( 5 2 , 7 2 , 9 ) \mathbf{r}_1 = (\frac{5}{2}, -\frac{7}{2}, 9 ) . From symmetry, it also must pass through the point r 2 = ( 0 , 0 , 6 ) \mathbf{r}_2 = (0, 0, 6) . The unit normal to the water surface before un-tilting is ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) (0, 0, 1) . So after un-tilting, it will point in the direction n = ( sin 6 0 sin θ , cos 6 0 sin θ , cos θ ) \mathbf{n} = ( - \sin 60^{\circ} \sin \theta, \cos 60^{\circ} \sin \theta , \cos \theta ) . Now we can write,

n ( r 1 r 2 ) = 0 \mathbf{n} \cdot (\mathbf{r}_1 - \mathbf{r}_2 ) = 0

Substituting n , r 1 , r 2 \mathbf{n} , \mathbf{r}_1 , \mathbf{r}_2 ,

( sin 6 0 sin θ , cos 6 0 sin θ , cos θ ) ( 5 2 , 7 2 , 3 ) = 0 ( - \sin 60^{\circ} \sin \theta, \cos 60^{\circ} \sin \theta , \cos \theta ) \cdot (\frac{5}{2}, -\frac{7}{2}, 3 ) = 0

Multiplying by 4 4 throughout, and simplifying,

sin θ ( 5 3 7 ) + 12 cos θ = 0 \sin \theta ( -5 \sqrt{3} - 7 ) + 12 \cos \theta = 0

So that,

tan θ = 12 5 3 + 7 \tan \theta = \dfrac{12}{5 \sqrt{3} + 7 }

From which, it follows that,

θ = 37.4619024051543... \theta = 37.4619024051543...

And this makes the answer 374619 \boxed{374619}

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