document.write( "Question 894015: A water tank has the shape of a cone with the vertex down. The tank is 10 m high and has a base radius of 3 m. When the water in the tank is 5 m deep, what is the area of the surface of the water at that instant? (Hint: make a sketch and set up similar triangles.)\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #541686 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A water tank has the shape of a cone with the vertex down. \n" ); document.write( " The tank is 10 m high and has a base radius of 3 m. \n" ); document.write( " When the water in the tank is 5 m deep, what is the area of the surface of the water at that instant? (Hint: make a sketch and set up similar triangles.) \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Note a right triangle formed by the radius as one side the height the other side. \n" ); document.write( "If the height is cut in half, the radius side is half also 1.5 m \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "A = 7.07 sq/m \n" ); document.write( " |