A chemical substance is draining from a conical filtering system at a rate of 100 cubic centimeters per minute into a cylindrical storage tank below. The conical filter and cylindrical tank each have a diameter of 60 centimeters, and the height of the cone also measures 60 centimeters. At time T, the depth of the chemical substance in the conical filter is 48 centimeters.
a. How fast is the level of the substance in the storage tank rising at time T?
b. How fast is the level in the filtering system falling at time T?
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dV/dt=100 cm^2/min
in the storage tank: V=PI*r^2 h
dV/dt=100=PI*r^2 dh/dt solve for dH/dt. R=30cm
In the cone: you need the radius at the top of the liquid in the cone of height 48 cm. Since it is a proportion
D/60=48/60, so D=48, so r=24 cm
in this cone, r is a function of height, so r=h/2
V=1/3 * PI r^2 h
= 1/2 PI h^3 / 4
V= 1/8 PI h^3
dV/dt= 3/8 PI h^2 dh/dt solve for dh/dt
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To find the rates of change in this problem, we need to apply the concepts of volume and related rates. We can break down the problem into two parts: the conical filtering system and the cylindrical storage tank.
a. To find how fast the level of the substance in the storage tank is rising at time T, we need to find the rate at which the volume of the substance is increasing in the tank.
Step 1: Find the volume of the substance in the conical filter at time T.
The volume of a cone is given by the formula V = (1/3)πr^2h, where r is the radius and h is the height.
Given that the diameter of the filter (and the tank) is 60 cm, the radius of the filter (and the tank) is 30 cm.
At time T, the height of the substance in the conical filter is 48 cm.
So, the volume of the substance in the conical filter at time T is V = (1/3)π(30^2)(48) cubic centimeters.
Step 2: Find the rate of change of the volume of the substance in the conical filter with respect to time.
We know that the substance is draining from the conical filter into the cylindrical tank at a rate of 100 cubic centimeters per minute.
Therefore, the rate of change of the volume of the substance in the conical filter is -100 cubic centimeters per minute.
Step 3: Find the rate at which the level of the substance in the storage tank is rising at time T.
Since the conical filter is draining into the storage tank, the rate at which the level of the substance in the tank is rising is equal to the rate at which the volume of the substance in the conical filter is decreasing.
Therefore, the rate at which the level of the substance in the storage tank is rising at time T is -100 cubic centimeters per minute.
Note: The negative sign indicates that the level of the substance in the filtering system is decreasing, as it is draining into the tank.
b. To find how fast the level in the filtering system is falling at time T, we need to find the rate at which the height of the substance in the conical filter is decreasing.
Since we know the rate at which the volume of the substance in the conical filter is decreasing (-100 cubic centimeters per minute), we can relate it to the rate of change of the height of the substance by using the formula for the volume of the cone.
V = (1/3)πr^2h
Differentiating both sides of the equation with respect to time (t), we get:
dV/dt = (1/3)π(2rh(dr/dt) + r^2(dh/dt))
Here, dV/dt is the rate of change of the volume (which we already know is -100), dr/dt is the rate of change of the radius (which is assumed to be constant), and dh/dt is the rate of change of the height (which we want to find).
With the known values, we can find dh/dt by rearranging the equation and plugging in the values:
-100 = (1/3)π(2(30)(0) + 30^2(dh/dt))
Simplifying the equation, we get:
-100 = (1/3)π(900)(dh/dt)
Now, we can solve for dh/dt:
dh/dt = -100 / [(1/3)π(900)]
Calculating the value, we find that dh/dt ≈ -0.037 cm/min.
Therefore, the level in the filtering system is falling at a rate of approximately 0.037 cm/min at time T.
In summary:
a. The level of the substance in the storage tank is rising at a rate of -100 cubic centimeters per minute.
b. The level in the filtering system is falling at a rate of approximately 0.037 cm/min at time T.