A swimming pool 70 m long, 44 m wide and 3 m deep, is filled by water issuing from a pipe of diameter 35 cm, at 6 m per second. How many hours does it take to fill the pool?
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A swimming pool 70 m long, 44 m wide and 3 m deep, is filled by water issuing from a pipe of diameter 35 cm, at 6 m per second. How many hours does it take to fill the pool?

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Volume of the swimming pool = 70 × 44 × 3 = 9240 m3 Radius of the pipe = m Volume of water flowing out of the pipe per second = Area of cross section of the pipe × rate of flow of water = πr2 × 6 m/s Required time = Hence, time required to fill the pool is hours.

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A swimming pool 70 m long, 44 m wide and 3 m deep, is filled by water issuing from a pipe of diameter 35 cm, at 6 m per second. How many hours does it take to fill the pool?

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