A tank in the shape of a right-circular cone sits with its base at ground level and its vertex 4 m below ground level. The base has a diameter of 4 m. The tank is full of water. Set up, but do not evaluate, a definite integral that gives the work done in pumping all of the water out of the tank at ground level. (The density of water is 1000 kg/m3, and the gravitational constant is 9.8.)
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To find the work done in pumping all of the water out of the tank, we need to calculate the total amount of work done to lift the water from its initial position 4 m below ground level to ground level.
First, let's find the volume of the tank. Since the tank is shaped like a right-circular cone, we can use the formula for the volume of a cone:
V = (1/3) * π * r^2 * h,
where V is the volume, r is the radius of the cone (half of the diameter), and h is the height of the cone.
The radius of the base of the cone is half the diameter, so r = 4/2 = 2 m.
The height of the cone, considering the vertex is 4 m below ground level, is the sum of the height of the cone above ground level (h1) and the distance from the vertex to ground level (h2). Since the base of the cone is at ground level, the height of the cone above the ground is h1 = 0. So the total height of the cone is h = h1 + h2 = 0 + 4 = 4 m.
Substituting the values into the volume formula, we get:
V = (1/3) * π * (2^2) * 4 = (4/3) * π * 4 = (16/3) * π m^3.
Now, to find the mass of the water in the tank, we need to calculate the density of water multiplied by the volume:
density = 1000 kg/m^3 (given)
mass = density * volume = 1000 * (16/3) * π kg.
Next, we need to find the distance the water needs to be lifted to reach ground level. Since the height of the cone comes from below ground level, we need to add the height of the cone (4 m) to the distance from the vertex to ground level. Therefore, the total distance lifted is h + h2 = 4 + 4 = 8 m.
Finally, we can calculate the work done in pumping the water out of the tank using the formula:
work = force * distance,
where force is the weight of the water, and weight is equal to mass multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity (g = 9.8 m/s^2).
The work can be represented as the integral of the force over the distance:
∫[0, 8] [(mass * acceleration due to gravity) * dx].
In this case, dx represents an infinitesimally small distance.
Therefore, the definite integral that gives the work done in pumping all of the water out of the tank at ground level is:
∫[0, 8] [(density * volume * acceleration due to gravity) * dx].