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A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone with its axis vertical and vertex lower most. Its semi vertical angle is tan⁡−1(23)\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3}\right). Water is poured into it at a constant rate 6 cubic metre per hour. The rate at which the level of the water is rising at the instant when the depth of water in the tank is 5 meter is

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✅ Correct Option: 2

The semi-vertical angle gives rh=23\frac rh=\frac23, so r=2h3r=\frac{2h}{3} and V=13πr2h=4πh327V=\frac13\pi r^2h=\frac{4\pi h^3}{27}. Then dVdt=4πh29dhdt\frac{dV}{dt}=\frac{4\pi h^2}{9}\frac{dh}{dt}. At h=5h=5 with dVdt=6\frac{dV}{dt}=6, dhdt=54100π=2750π\frac{dh}{dt}=\frac{54}{100\pi}=\frac{27}{50\pi}.

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