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HELP! Diff Eqs, Torricelli's law
Hi, my crazy diff eq professor for some reason decided to assign us a project accompanied by some book problems right in the middle of exam week, due friday (day of my last exam). This is easily the most redic. thing I've ever seen in my college career. Anyhow, I'm trying to get all the book problems done right now, and only have 1 left, that I've been trying to wrap my head around for awhile now. I just really want to get this out of the way so I can go back to studying for my exams!
The question is: Suppose that a cylindrical tank initially containing V0 gallons of water drains (through a bottom hole) in T minutes. Use Torricelli's law to show that the volume of water in the tank after t<=T minutes is V= V0 [1-(t/T)]^2
I'm very lost on this, as we have not touched Torricelli's law at all in class.
Hi, my crazy diff eq professor for some reason decided to assign us a project accompanied by some book problems right in the middle of exam week, due friday (day of my last exam). This is easily the most redic. thing I've ever seen in my college career. Anyhow, I'm trying to get all the book problems done right now, and only have 1 left, that I've been trying to wrap my head around for awhile now. I just really want to get this out of the way so I can go back to studying for my exams!
The question is: Suppose that a cylindrical tank initially containing V0 gallons of water drains (through a bottom hole) in T minutes. Use Torricelli's law to show that the volume of water in the tank after t<=T minutes is V= V0 [1-(t/T)]^2
I'm very lost on this, as we have not touched Torricelli's law at all in class.
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