A cylindrical tank holds 100000 gallons of water which can be drained at the bottom of tank in an hour.
Volume of remaining water in the tank by Torricellis law is given by,
, .
The derivative is the instantaneous rate of change of with respect to at .
Find the rate of change in volume of remaining water with respect to which is given by .
Instantaneous rate of change in volume with respect to is given by gallons/minute.
Find for various instants at and min.
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From the table it is to said that the flow rate is Slow down as the time increases and flow rate is maximum at beginning and least at the ending.
Instantaneous rate of change in volume is gallons/minute.
Flow rate is maximum at beginning and least at the ending.
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