Circular Cylinder Problems, 6

Category: Solid Geometry

"Published in Newark, California, USA"

Two vertical brine tanks, with tops on the same level, one 16 ft. deep, the other 4ft. deep, have their tops and bottoms connected by pipes 2 in. in diameter. If the pipe connecting the tops measures 5 ft., find the weight of brine in the other pipe when entirely full. (The brine weighs 66.8 lb. per cu. ft.)

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Solution:

To analyze more the problem, it is better to label further the given figure as follows

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By Pythagorean Theorem, the length of a pipe that connects the bottom of two tanks is

 

 

 

 

Hence, the volume of a brine in a pipe that connects the bottom of two tanks is
 

 

 

 

 

 

Therefore, the weight of a brine in a pipe that connects the bottom of two tanks is

Circular Cylinder Problems, 5

Category: Solid Geometry

"Published in Vacaville, California, USA"

A channel whose cross section is a semicircle with rise of 1 ft. per 1000 ft., is flowing full. The diameter of the channel is 6.55 ft. The vertical plane which contains the axis is perpendicular to the two vertical planes which contain the ends of the channel. If the end planes are 2000 ft. apart, find the amount of water in the channel.

Solution:

To illustrate the problem, it is better to draw the figure as follows

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The first thing that we need to do is to solve for the altitude or vertical distance of the ends of the channel which is a right semicircular cylinder by similar triangles as follows 

By Pythagorean Theorem, the length of the channel is 

Therefore, the amount of water in the channel which is a right semicircular cylinder is