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Gasoline flows through the 2 cm diameter hose in a gas station at a speed of 0.7 m/s. If the gas tank in my car has a capacity of 10.6 gallons (0.04 m3), how long does it tank to fill my gas tank? If the density of gasoline is 708 kg/m3, what is the mass flow rate of gasoline in the hose?

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Answer: Time to fill tank= 181.983s

Mass flow rate of gasoline = 0.1556kg/s

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Gasoline flows through the 2 cm diameter hose in a gas station at a speed of 0.7 m-example-1
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