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Problem 18.23 (RHK)

A jug contains 15 glasses of orange juice. When we open the tap at the bottom it takes 12.0 s to full the first glass. We have to find the time taken when tap is kept open for the jug to empty out.

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Let the cross-section of the jug be A m2. Let height of juice at time t in the jug when the tap at the bottom of the jug is open be . Let the area of cross-section of the tap, which is at the bottom of the jug, be a m2. Let the speed of flow of the juice at time t be .

From this data the initial height of the level of juice in the jug is and the height when the first glass has been filled will be .

Also,

Therefore, rate of change of the level of juice in the jug will be

Integrating this equation, we find that

We are given that the first glass is filled in 12 s. That is

This gives

Time T for complete draining out of juice from the jug is given by that is

We thus find that the time required for filling the remaining 14 glasses after the first glass has been filled will be 342 s or 5 min 42 s.