A weighing tank in a water treatment plant weighs 1,200 N when empty and 36,000 N when filledwith water (at 20°C, p=1000 kg/m³) that flows from an open channel. If the time taken to fill the tankwas 3 minutes, what was the volumetric flow rate (m/s) passing through the channel?

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A weighing tank in a water treatment plant weighs 1,200 N when empty and 36,000 N when filled with water (at 20°C, p-1000 kg/m') that flows from an open channel. If the time taken to fill the tank was 3 minutes, what was the volumetric flow rate (m'/s) passing through the channel?

A weighing tank in a water treatment plant weighs 1,200 N when empty and 36,000 N when filled with water (at 20°C, p-1000 kg/m') that flows from an open channel. If the time taken to fill the tank was 3 minutes, what was the volumetric flow rate (m'/s) passing through the channel?

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A weighing tank in a water treatment plant weighs 1,200 N when empty and 36,000 N when filled
with water (at 20°C, p=1000 kg/m³) that flows from an open channel. If the time taken to fill the tank
was 3 minutes, what was the volumetric flow rate (m/s) passing through the channel?

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