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Flow of Water from a Tank Water flows from a tank of constant cross-sectional area 50 ft2 through an orifice of constant cross-sectional area 1.4 ft2 located at the bottom of the tank (see the figure).
Initially, the height of the water in the tank was 20 ft, and its height t sec later is given by the equation
How fast was the height of the water decreasing when its height was 8 ft?
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Applied Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences: Brief Approach -Text Only (Instructor's)
- Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:Cengage