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Water flowing through a rectangular drain 2016-01-08
From Tiffany:
the cross section of drain is a rectangle 30 cm wide. If water 3.5 cm deep flows through the drain at a rate of 22 cm/s, how many litres of water will flow through in one minute?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Two sunflowers 2015-03-12
From Maurice:
Sam and sally planted two sunflowers.Each sunflower grows 1cm each day. Sally's sunflower is 4cm high. Sam's is 12cm high. How high will each sunflower be when Sam's sunflower is twice the height of Sally's?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Water flowing out of a tank 2013-11-03
From Carolyn:
The flow of water out of a hole in a tank is known to be proportional to the square root of the height of water above the hole. That is,

dV/dt (proportional to) sq root (h)

The tank has a constant cross-sectional area A, show that the height of water in the tank is given by

h = ((-kt+C)/2)^2

If the tank is 9 metres high, and it takes 5 hours for it to drain from full to half full, how much longer will we have to wait until it is completely empty?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Water is flowing from tank A to tank B 2012-04-06
From Noel:
At First, Tank A was completely filled with water. The tap from Tank A was then turned on and water flowed out at a constant rate. The water which flowed out was collected into Tank B. At the end of 6 minutes, Tank A was 2/3 full. After a further 8 minutes, Tank A had 2.4 liters of water left while Tank B was completely filled with water. Find the capacity of Tank B.
Answered by Penny Nom.
A border around a flower garden 2011-08-28
From jessica:
A Landscaper, who just completed a rectangular flower garden measuring 6 feet by 10 feet, orders 1 cubic yard of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to create a border of uniform width around the garden. if the border is to have a depth of 3 inches, how wide will the border be? ( 1 cubic yard=27 cubic feet)
Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a flower pot 2011-04-07
From kp:
I have 2 flower pots with the following dimensions that I am trying to calculate the volume of Soil I will need to fill them. pot #1 29"tall, top of pot 31.5 inches across( radius of 15.5") the bottom of the pot is 21"across (radius 10.5) Pot #2 29"tall, top of pot 26 across (radius 13") the bottom of the pot 17'"a cross (radius 8.5")
thank you
KP

Answered by Penny Nom.
A walkway around a flower garden 2009-08-01
From Barbara:
A rectangular flower bed measuring =C2=A0 10 feet by 15 feet =C2=A0 has a surrounding walkway on all sides that measure 186 square feet. How wide is the walkway?
Answered by Harley Weston.
Amount of Water 2009-02-23
From Jeanette:
I received a water bill for 660,000 gal. of water. I don't think it is possible to pass this much water through a 1 1/2 inch pipe in 30 days. Is it possible to send that much water? I am assuming that there is a water pressure of 50 gpm, but I am not sure of that. It is a rural water system.
Answered by Janice Cotcher & Robert Dawson.
Related Rates (a water trough) 2007-11-07
From Christina:
A rectangular trough is 3ft long , 2ft across the top and 4 ft deep. If water flows in at the rate of 2ft^3/min, how fast is the surface rising when the water is 1 ft deep ?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
How many gallons per minute? 2007-09-12
From Diane:
HI I have a natural water spring and I am trying to determine how many gallons per minute will flow in an 8" pipe? I know one gallon is 231 cubic inches and V=nr2h - so if i had one foot of 8" pipe it would hold 2.6 gallons but I'm looking for the flow rate of how many gallons per minute? Thanks for your help.
Answered by Stephen la Rocque.
Comparing flow rates of two pipes 2007-07-14
From Kenneth:
If two water pipes are 3 feet long, but one of them has a 1 foot diameter and the second has a 1 1/2 foot diameter, what simple mathematical method can be used to determine how much faster one pipe can drain water than the other pipe?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
An octagon shape flower bed 2006-06-24
From Brandy:
hello my name is brandy my husband and I would like to build an octagon shape flower bed to put around the tree in the front yard we would hope to have the whole shape about 4 ft-5 ft around the tree. what would be the way to find out how to cut each side to that they fit together equally
Answered by Penny Nom.
Quarts, liters cubic yards and soil 2006-03-19
From Kathy:
I am trying to find out how many quarts of dirt there are in a yard of dirt. The local flower store sells bags of dirt that are 20 quarts or 22 liters for $1.25 and another store sells a yard of dirt for $25.00. Which is the better deal?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Building a flower bed 2006-03-17
From Bobby:
I am building a flower bed 60 ft long by 8 ft wide by 3 ft deep. How much dirt will it take to fill it with top soil/dirt.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of air flowing in windpipes 2003-05-02
From James:
The volume of air flowing in windpipes is given by V=kpR4, where k is a constant, p is the pressure difference at each end, R is the radius. The radius will decrease with increased pressure, according to the formula: Ro - R = cp, where Ro is the windpipe radius when p=0 & c is a positive constant. R is restricted such that:
0 < 0.5*Ro < R < Ro,
find the factor by which the radius of the windpipe contracts to give maximum flow?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Water in a conical tank 2001-10-20
From Sarah:
The problem: Water flows into a conical funnel at a continuous rate of one gallon per minute (One gallon = 231 Cu.In.). The height of the funnel is 5" and the diameter is 8".

The 1st formula: I need to develop a formula that will give the volume, in cubic inches, of the water in the funnel at any time t (in seconds). V = f(t).

The 2nd formula: I need to develop a formula that will give the height of the water in the funnel at any time t (in seconds). h = f(t).


Answered by Penny Nom.
Airflow in windpipes 2001-03-25
From Ena:
The volume of air flowing in windpipes is given by V=kpR4, where k is a constant, p is the pressure difference at each end, R is the radius. The radius will decrease with increased pressure, according to the formula: Ro - R = cp, where Ro is the windpipe radius when p=0 & c is a positive constant. R is restricted such that:
0 < 0.5*Ro < R < Ro,
find the factor by which the radius of the windpipe contracts to give maximum flow?

Answered by Harley Weston.
Solve for two variables 2001-02-25
From A student:
How do I solve for %1 and %2 in the following formula when T1, T2 and T3 are known? %1 and %2 are ratios of the same element, therefore %1 + %2 = 100%

(%1 x T1) + (%2 x T2) = T3

Answered by Penny Nom.
Blood flow and age 2001-01-11
From Gayle:
I don't understand the second part of this problem Here is the first part that was correct. A 35yr old has 100% blood flow. A 65yr old has 64% blood flow. Find the rate of change per yr in the percent of blood flow. (This part is correct) m=(64-100)/(35-65)= -36/30= -1.2 per year of blood flow.

Now, here is the second part I DON'T UNDERSTAND! .Let b represent the percent of blood flow and a represent a person's age. Write an equation that you could use to predict the percent of blood flow for a person of any age over 35.


Answered by Penny Nom.
Sunflower seeds 2000-10-09
From A parent:
Find the number of 3/4 pound of sunflower seeds that can be filled with 225 pounds of sunflower seeds
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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