The figure below shows a container that is a trapezoidal prism. The container is empty at first, and then is filled with water by a pipe with diameter 10 cm at a constant speed of 6 m/s.

After \(t\) seconds, the depth of the water in the container is 1.4 m and the breadth of the water surface in the container is 2.3 m.
Correction to the retained source diagram: at depth 1.4 m, the width is \(1.6+(2.4-1.6)(1.4/1.6)=2.3\text{ m}\), not the printed 2.1 m.
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