an empty rectangular tank is 80 cm long and 60 cm wide. water flows into the tank at a rate of 24 liter per minute. how long will it take to fill the tank to a height of 50 cm?

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By definitions of volume and flow rate, it will take a time of 10 minutes to fill the tank to a height of 50 centimeters.

How long will it take to fill the tank at constant rate?

Herein we find the case of a rectangular tank being filled with water at constant flow are, which is dimensionally speaking, volume by time. We know that dimensions of the tank are described in centimeters, whereas flow rate is described in liters per minute. Please notice that a liter is equal to 1000 cubic centimeters:

t = [(80 cm) · (60 cm) · (50 cm) · (1 L / 1000 cm³)] / (24 L / min)

t = 10 min

By definitions of volume and flow rate, it will take a time of 10 minutes to fill the tank to a height of 50 centimeters.

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