Question

This is the pond in a shape of a prism, it is completely full of water. Colin uses a pump to empty the pond. The level goes down by 20cm in the First 30min Work put how many minutes Colin has to wait for the pond to completely empty

Answer 1

150 minutes

Explanation:

P.S - The exact question is -

Given - This is the pond in a shape of a prism, it is completely full of

water. Colin uses a pump to empty the pond. The level goes

down by 20 cm in the first 30 min.

To find - Work put how many minutes Colin has to wait for the pond

to completely empty.

Proof -

Given that,

Height of prism = 1 m

Also,

Base of the prism is trapezium and

Sides of the trapezium are 0.6 m and 1.4 m

Height of trapezium is 2 m

We know that,

Area of trapezium =
`(1)/(2)`× (sum of sides)× height

=
`(1)/(2)`× (0.6 + 1.4)× 2

=
`(1)/(2)`× (2)× 2

= 2 m²

⇒Area of trapezium = 2 m²

Now,

Volume of prism = Area of trapezium × height of prism

= 2 m² × 1 m

= 2 m³

⇒Volume of prism = 2 m³

Now,

Given that the level goes down by 20 cm in the first 30 min

We know

100 cm = 1 m

⇒1 cm =
`(1)/(100) m` = 0.01 m

⇒20 cm = 20×0.01 m = 0.2 m

⇒The level goes down by 0.2 m in the first 30 min.

Also,

we know that height of water = height of prism = 1 m

So, the remaining water left in the pond = 1 m - 0.2 m = 0.8 m

Also,

Volume of Remaining water = Area of trapezium × height

= 2 m² × 0.8 m

= 1.6 m³

⇒Volume of Remaining water = 1.6 m³

Now,

Volume of emptied water = Total Volume - Volume of Remaining water

= 2 m³ - 1.6 m³

= 0.4 m³

⇒Volume of emptied water = 0.4 m³

Now,

0.4 m³ water will be empty in 30 minutes

⇒ 1 m³ water will be empty in
`(30)/(0.4)` = 75 minutes

⇒1.6 m³ water will be empty in 1.6 × 75 = 120 minutes

∴ we get

The remaining water is empty in 120 minutes

So,

Total pond is empty in 120 + 30 minutes

⇒Total pond is empty in 150 minutes