A swimming pool is 20ft wide, 40ft long, 3ft deep at the shallow end and 9ft deep at its deepest. A cross-section is shown in the figure. If the pool is being filled at a rate of .8 ft^3/min, how fast is the water level rising when it is 5 ft at the deepest point

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anonymous · Answer

du/dt is which part of the drawing

anonymous · Answer

the change in volume with respect to time dV/dt = 8ft^3/min

anonymous · Answer

ok and how do we find how fast is the water level rising when it is 5 ft at the deepest point

anonymous · Answer

yes look for dh/dt . Think about what kind of shape this is.

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