Selvi's house has an overhead tank in the shape of a cylinder. This is filled by pumping water from a sump

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asked Feb 9, 2018 in Mathematics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 378 1010

Selvi's house has an overhead tank in the shape of a cylinder. This is filled by pumping water from a sump (an underground tank) which is in the shape of a cuboid. The sump has dimensions 1.57m x 1.44m x 95cm. The overhead tank has its radius 60cm and height 95cm. Find the height of the water left in the sump after the overhead tank has been completely filled with water from the sump which had been full. Compare the capacity of the tank with that of the sump.(Use π=3.14)

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answered Feb 9, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
 
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The volume of water in the overhead tank equals the volume of the water removed from the sump.

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