Volume of the disk is
.
Weight of the disk is
.
Distance the disk of the water moved is
.
Find the value of
in terms of
.
.
Now write the force increment as
.
Note that distance
is moved from the bottom of the tank must be moved to
.
Therefore the increment of the work is
.
Substiute the value of
and
in the equation
.

Because the tank is half full
ranges from
to
.
Now calculate the work required to empty the tank by Substiuting the equation
\ \
in equation
.

Apply integration :
\
The work required to empty the tank is
or
.