Question

A tank is full of water. Find the work W required to pump the water out of the spout. (Use 9.8 m/s2 for g. Use 1000 kg/m3as the weight density of water.)

(A water tank shaped like a triangular prism is given. The base of the prism is at the top and a spout is located at the top of the tank. The dimensions of the tank are 9 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 4 meters deep. The spout is 3 meters long.)

Answer 1

W = 1.06 MJ

Explanation:

- We will use differential calculus to solve this problem.

- Make a differential volume of water in the tank with thickness dx. We see as we traverse up or down the differential volume of water the side length is always constant, hence, its always 8.

- As for the width of the part w we see that it varies as we move up and down the differential element. We will draw a rectangle whose base axis is x and vertical axis is y. we will find the equation of the slant line that comes out to be y = 0.5*x. And the width spans towards both of the sides its going to be 2*y = x.