A conical water tower with vertex down has a radius of 14 ft at the top and is 26 ft high. If water flows into the tank at a rate of 27 ft/min, how fast is the depth of the water increasing when the water is 18 ft deep? The depth of the water is increasing at the rate of X ft/min, round your answer to two decimal places

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A conical water tower with vertex down has a radius of 14 ft at the top and is 26 ft high. If water flows into the tank at a rate of 27 ft/min, how fast is the depth of the water increasing when the water is 18 ft deep?

The depth of the water is increasing at the rate of X ft/min, round your answer to two decimal places

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