Another Related Rates Problem

In summary, the conversation discusses a water tank in the shape of an inverted cone with a depth of 10 meters and a top radius of 8 meters. Water is flowing into the tank at a rate of 0.1 cubic meters per minute and leaking out at a rate of 0.001h^2 cubic meters per minute, where h is the depth of the water in meters. The question is whether the tank will ever overflow, and it is determined that the problem can be solved using a separable differential equation. However, it is not necessary to solve it as the maximum height of the water is already known to be 10 meters, which is the height of the cone. Therefore, the tank will not overflow.
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A water tank is in the shape of an inverted cone with depth 10 meters and top radius 8 meters. Water is flowing into the tank at 0.1 cubic meters/min but leaking out at a rate of 0.001[tex]h^2[/tex] cubic meters/min, where h is the depth of the water in meters. Will the tank ever overflow?

Thoughts:

[tex]V=\frac{1}{3}\pi r^{2}h=\frac{1}{3}\pi (\frac{4}{5}h)^{2}h[/tex]

[tex]\frac{dV}{dt}=\frac{16}{25}\pi h^{2}\frac{dh}{dt}[/tex]

Now I replace [tex]\frac{dV}{dt}[/tex] with 0.1-0.001[tex]h^2[/tex]. This is where I am stuck. Any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
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This just gives a separable diff equ...

It can be solved but why solve it ? :

If the water reaches a highest point this means that h(t) has a maximum...

dh/dt=0->h=10m...which curiously is exactly the height of the cone

Is it a maximum ? It turns out the second derivative is zero, the third derivative is zero...aso..

So does it overflow ?
 
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To determine if the tank will ever overflow, we need to find the depth of the water when the inflow rate equals the outflow rate. This is when 0.1-0.001h^2 = 0. This can be solved by setting the equation equal to 0 and using the quadratic formula to find the roots. The roots are h=10 and h=-10. Since the depth can't be negative, the only possible solution is h=10 meters. This means that the depth of the water will reach 10 meters, but not exceed it. Therefore, the tank will never overflow.
 

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