document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=288873>Question 288873</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A practice pool is 10 meters long by 5 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wide by 4 meters deep. Water is filling<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the pool at a rate of 10 gallons per minute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When the pool is half full how fast is the water<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rising (in meters/minute)? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "wide by 4 meters deep. Water is filling<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the pool at a rate of 10 gallons per minute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When the pool is half full how fast is the water<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rising (in meters/minute)?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 gallon =~ 3.7854 liters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 gal/min = 37.854 liters/min = 37854 cc/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cross-sectional area = 50 sq meters = 500000 sq cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Level change = 37854/500000 cm/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 378.54/500000 meters/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 7.5708E-4 meter/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 0.000757 meters/min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the level change at any point, being half full is not relevant, nor is the depth of the pool.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tho it might seem like a lot of math, there's only one division (by 5) and a lot of moving of the decimal point.  Unlike using feet, inches, gallons, furlongs, etc.\r<BR>\n" );
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