document.write( "Question 1150884: The volume of liquid in a cylindrical tank with its axis parallel to the ground, with radius r, depth of liquid h, and length L is:
\n" ); document.write( "Vol = L*(r^2*acos((r-h)/r) - (r-h)*sqrt(2rh - h^2))
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document.write( "There is no algebraic way to solve for h.  That's because h appears both in the\r\n" );
document.write( "argument of a trig function (cosine) and also elsewhere (in a square root).  The\r\n" );
document.write( "only way to solve such is when all the letters but h are given, and then only by\r\n" );
document.write( "iterative means, which amounts to some educated trial and error process, which is\r\n" );
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