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Question 551343: A water tank, having the shape of a rectangular prism of base 100 square centimeters, is being filled at the rate of 1 liter per minute. Find the rate at which the height of the water in the water tank increases. Express your answer in centimeters per minute.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source):
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1 liter = 1,000cc
The area of the bottom of the tank is 100cm.
If you now put in enough water to raise the level 10cm, you would have 10X100 = 1,000cc of water which is just 1 liter of water.
So adding 1 liter of water to this tank raises the level 10cm.
Hence, if the tank is being filled at the rate of 1 liter (1,000cc) per minute, the water level will rise at the rate of 10cm per minute.
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