Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 1 - Measurement - Problems - Page 10: 23b

Answer

The rate at which water flows out of the container is $158kg/s$

Work Step by Step

First we must find the mass which we can solve using $ρ=\frac{m}{V}$ $m=ρV=(5700m^{3})(10^{3}kg/m^{3})=5.7\times10^{6}kg$ We then convert time to seconds $t=(10h)(\frac{3600s}{1h})=3.6\times10^{4}s$ To find the rate of flow rate we must divide mass by time: $flowrate=\frac{m}{t}=\frac{5.7\times10^{6}kg}{3.6\times10^{4}s}=158kg/s$
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