SOLUTION: A large vase has a square base of side length 6cm, and flat sides sloping outwards at an angle of 120° with the base. Water is flowing in at 12cm^3/s. Find, correct to three signi
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Question 1144223: A large vase has a square base of side length 6cm, and flat sides sloping outwards at an angle of 120° with the base. Water is flowing in at 12cm^3/s. Find, correct to three significant figures, the rate at which the height of water is rising when the water has been flowing in for 3 seconds.
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A large vase has a square base of side length 6cm, and flat sides sloping outwards at an angle of 120° with the base. Water is flowing in at 12cm^3/s. Find, correct to three significant figures, the rate at which the height of water is rising when the water has been flowing in for 3 seconds.
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Can you provide the formula for the volume as a function of the depth?
I can do it, but it's not educational for me.
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