SOLUTION: Water flows through a pipe at 20,000 cm cubed per second. How many minutes does it take to fill a rectangular tank 3m x 4m x 5m ?

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Question 358629: Water flows through a pipe at 20,000 cm cubed per second. How many minutes does it take to fill a rectangular tank 3m x 4m x 5m ?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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First find the volume of the tank.
V=3%2A4%2A5=60m%5E3
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In terms of cm%5E3,
V=60%28100%29%5E3=6x10%5E7cm%5E3
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Rate*Time=Output
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%282x10%5E4%29t=6x10%5E7
t=3x10%5E3=3000seconds
t=3000%2F60
highlight%28t=50%29 minutes