Volume of a Water Tank and Related Applications

Volume of a Water Tank and Related Applications

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The following water tank is filled to the brim with water.

  1. Find the volume of water in the tank.
  2. All the water in the tank is poured into cylindrical cups of radius \(3\) cm and height \(3\) cm. Find the volume of one cup.
  3. Hence, find the minimum number of cups required to contain all the water in the tank.
  4. If the water in the tank is to fill up exactly \(4\) identical containers of uniform cross- sectional area of \(31.5\) cm\(^{2}\), find the height of one such container.

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Answer:(a) \(9700\text{ cm}^3\) (b) \(84.8\text{ cm}^3\) (3 s.f.) (c) \(115\) cups (d) \(77.0\text{ cm}\) (3 s.f.)

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