Answered: Pump A can fill a tank of water in 5…

Pump A can fill a tank of water in 5 hours. Pump B can fill the same tank in 8 hours. How long does it take the two pumps working together to fill the tank?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter19: Interference And Diffraction

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 71A

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: orce of the gate on the block below. Water 10 m 4mx 4m gate 2 m Pivot 2 m Block

Q: The displacement volume of an automobile engine is 167 in .What is this volume in liters ?

A: “Hey, since there are multiple questions posted, we will answer first question. If you want any…

Q: an object sinks when it displaces a volume of liquid that has a weight

A: If an object is submerged in a liquid the buoyant force (= weight of liquid displaced by the object)…

Q: A ball with a radius of 9 cm and a mass of 2000 g is thrown into a lake. Will the ball sink or…

A: Given: A ball with a radius of 9 cm and a mass of 2000 g is thrown into a lake. Will the ball sink…

Q: A circular swimming pool has a diameter of 24 ft, the sides are 5 ft high, and the depth of the…

Q: A block has a weight of 5000. N when it is measured on a spring scale. The spring scale then…

Q: What would happen if you fire a gun that has bullet ten times as massive as the gun.

A: Given:Mass of the bullet is 10 times the mass of the gun

Q: The fluid in the centrifugal pump is accelerating with the help of (A) Throttle B) Impeller Governor…

A: Required: The component of centrifugal pump that helps in accelerating the fluid

Q: A hemispherical tank with a radius of 6 ft is filled with water to a depth of 4 ft. Find the work…

A: According to work energy theorem the work done on a body against gravitational force is equal to the…

Q: A boat (with a flat bottom) and its cargo weigh 6,000 N. The area of the boat's bottom is 9 m2. How…

A: The weight of a boat is, W=6000 N The boat's bottom area is, A=9 m2

Q: The pressure in millimeters of mercury that equal to pressure of 30 cm of water is:

Q: A metal bowl with a weight of 1.55 N is placed in a larger kitchen container filled with soybean…

Q: A boat ( with a flat bottom) and its cargo weigh 6,000 N. The area of the boat's bottom is 5m2 how…

A: given, weight =6000N area of bottom=5m^2 boat bottom inside the surface of water or depth=?…

Q: The car lift in a gas station operates with an air pressure of 2000 kPa. The piston of the car lift…

A: The pressure is given by Pressure force x area

Q: A tank in the shape of an inverted frustum of a cylinder with diameters 4 ft and 6 ft and 4 ft deep,…

A: in this question we simply find work by intigration of work equation.

Q: The product of pressure and volume is expressed in units of pascals kilograms per newton watts…

A: Pressure is expressed in N/m2. Volume is expressed in m3. The product of pressure and volume is…

Q: Under normal conditions, you are just barely able to lift a mass of 76 kg. Your friend drops a box…

Q: 7 feet 0000 The inclined plane above is being used to lift a box 7 ft The inclined plane has a…

Q: Which of the following ratios express pressure? (a) Force/ Area (b) Energy/ Volume (c) Energy/ Area…

A: The dimension of the pressure, ML-1T-2

Q: A scientist weighed a set of standard masses in grams on four different balances. Assume each…

A: the closeness of the measured value to a standard or true value. is called accuracy. and The…

Q: A type of pump used to measure pressure is diffusive pump water pump O ion pump O suction pump

A: Pressure is usually measured by barometer .But pump can also be used to measure pressure.

Q: The pressure in millimeters of mercury that equal to pressure of 30 cm of water

Q: How much power does a high-end gaming machine need to remain operational?

Q: Two water pipes of the same length have inside diameters of 6 cm and8 cm. These two pipes are…

A: Given capacity is same and their is volume is combined which will the volume of new pipe. Now let…

Q: A metal bowl with a weight of 1.30 N is placed in a larger kitchen container filled with soybean…

Q: the mass of oil in the tank, in kg, after 24 hours, and the volume of oil in the tank, in m', at…

A: Given ... Volume of tank = 1000 m³ Discharge = 2 m³/min= (AV)i Specific volume = v =0.0015 m³/kg

Q: The figure below shows a hydraulic pump. The force F is the same as the weight of the load in Load…

Q: A tank full of water in the form of rectangular prism has a height of 4 m, a width of 15 m and a…

Q: A hydraulic lift in a garage has two pistons: a small one of radius 1.8 cm and a large one of radios…

Q: An aquarium 2 m long, 1 m wide, and 1 m deep is full of water. Find the work needed to pump half of…

A: At first we calculate the mass of pumping water at any instant of time. The total volume of water in…

Q: A metal bowl with a weight of 1.80 N is placed in a larger kitchen container filled with coconut…

Q: A boat (with a flat bottom) and its cargo weigh 6,000 N. The area of the boat's bottom is 8 m2. How…

A: According to Archimedes’s principle, Weight of displaced fluids by an object is equal to the weight…

Q: Water is pumped steadily out of a fooded basement at a speed of 54m through auniform hose of radius…

Q: The mass per unit volume is called A) Force B) Work C) Density D) Pessure

A: The mass per unit volume is defined as the density. The density is the physical quantity which…

Q: A cylindrical tank with a radius of 5ft and a height of 12ft is filled to top with oil. If the oil…

A: Given data The radius of the cylindrical tank is r = 5ft. The height of the cylindrical tank is h =…

Q: A small rock with a mass of 6 g is dropped into a graduated cylinder with 20 mL of water. The water…

A: The principle used here is that the volume of the rock is equal to the volume of the water…

Q: A tank of water is 15 feet long and has a cross section in the shape of an equilateral triangle with…

Q: How many seconds it itakes to pump 10 tons of water to a tank 5 m up from the pump position with a 1…

Q: A tank is full of water. Find the work required to pump the water out of the spout. In Exercises 25…

Q: A tank that is 5 feet deep, with a square bottom with sides 4 feet each, has 2 feet of water that…

A: Given Data: The depth of the tank is: y2=5 ft The side of square bottom is: s=4 ft The depth of the…

Q: A hydraulic lift is lifting a car that weighs 12 kN. The area of the piston supporting the car is A,…

Q: A 7-hp (shaft) pump is used to raise water to an elevation of 15 m. If the mechanical efficiency of…

Q: A metal bowl with a weight of 1.35 N is placed in a larger kitchen container filled with olive oil.…

A: For metal bowl to float in the olive oil , the buoyancy force (FB) applied by olive oil on bowl…

Q: An aquarium 11m long, 2m wide, and 9m deep is full of water. The density of water is 1000kg/m3 and…

A: Given: The length of the aquarium is L=11 m, The width of the aquarium is b=2 m, The length of the…

Q: A boat (with a flat bottom) and its cargo weigh 6,200 N. The area of the boat's bottom is 3 m2. How…

A: Given data The weight of the boat and cargo is, W=6200 N The area of the bottom of the boat is, A=3…

Q: The pressure in millimeters of mercury that equal to pressure of 30 cm of :water is

A: We know that P = ρgh where ρ = density g = 9.8 h = height for mercury ρ = 13600 kg/m^3 and…

Question

Pump A can fill a tank of water in 5 hours. Pump B can fill the same tank in 8 hours. How long does it take the two pumps working together to fill the tank?

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

This is a popular solution!

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1

VIEW

Step 2

VIEW

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 2 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions

A certain car has a fuel efficiency of 25.0 miles per gallon (mi/gal). Express this efficiency in kilometers per liter (km/L).
The water hose at your home outputs 24 gallons of water a minute. How many cubic centimeters per second does the hose output? There are 264.172 gal in 1 m3 and 100 cm in 1 m.
A 3,125kg elephant is standing at a watering hole. What is the normal force that is applied to the elephant?
A tank in the shape of an inverted right circular cone has height 5 meters and radius 2 meters. It is filled with 3 meters of hot chocolate. Find the work required to empty the tank by pumping the hot chocolate over the top of the tank. The density of hot chocolate is ?=1070 kg/m3. Your answer must include the correct units.
Under normal conditions, you are just barely able to lift a mass of 76 kg. Your friend drops a box of volume 6.2 m3 into a lake. If you are just able to lift it to the surface (so that it is still completely submerged), what is the mass of the box?
Scissors for cutting paper have long blades and short handles, whereas metal-cutting shears have long handles and short blades. Bolt cutters have very long handles and very short blades. Why is this so?
An aquarium 11m long, 2m wide, and 9m deep is full of water. The density of water is 1000kg/m3 and the force of gravity is 9.8m/s2 a) Find the work needed to pump all of the water out of the aquarium b) Find the work needed to pump half of the water out of the aquarium.
The velocity of oil in a supply line changes from 5.1 to 6.3 ft3/s when going from a large bore to a smaller bore pipe. If the bore of the smaller pipe is 8.1 in diameter, what is the bore of the larger pipe?
The mass per unit volume is called A) Force B) Work C) Density D) Pessure
Water is pumped steadily out of a flooded basement at a speed of 5.7 m/s through a uniform hose of radius 1.1 cm. The hose passes out through a window to a street ditch 3.4 m above the waterline. What is the power of the pump?
Thanks for your help. A hot air balloon rose from a height of 10 m to 40 m in 3 minutes. Answer this question: What was the balloon’s rate of change in 1 minute and 1 second? m: y2-y1/x2-x1 m: 40 - 10 / 3 m: 10 m/min
An aquarium 12m long, 2m wide, and 7m deep is full of water. The density of water is 1000kg/m^3 and the force of gravity is 9.8m/s^2 a) Find the work needed to pump all of the water out of the aquarium.Work = Joules. b) Find the work needed to pump half of the water out of the aquarium.Work = Joules.