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leehufford
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Hello,
Having trouble with one quirk to this mixing tank problem:
All large mixing tank initially holds 300 gallons of water, with 50 lbs of salt already in it (initial value problem). A brine solution of 2 lb/gal is pumped in at 3 gallons per minute. The water is pumped out at the faster rate of 3.5 gal/min. Determine a differential equation for the amount of salt A(t) in the tank at time t > 0.
I came up with
dA/dt + 7A/600 = 6. A(0) = 50.
Now I understand intuitively that the volume of the tank is decreasing so the 600 in the denominator is changing with time. The answer is
dA/dt + 7A/(600-t) = 6. A(0) = 50
My question is how do they know to subtract exactly t. The tank is losing 0.5 gal/min. Thanks in advance,
Lee.
Having trouble with one quirk to this mixing tank problem:
All large mixing tank initially holds 300 gallons of water, with 50 lbs of salt already in it (initial value problem). A brine solution of 2 lb/gal is pumped in at 3 gallons per minute. The water is pumped out at the faster rate of 3.5 gal/min. Determine a differential equation for the amount of salt A(t) in the tank at time t > 0.
I came up with
dA/dt + 7A/600 = 6. A(0) = 50.
Now I understand intuitively that the volume of the tank is decreasing so the 600 in the denominator is changing with time. The answer is
dA/dt + 7A/(600-t) = 6. A(0) = 50
My question is how do they know to subtract exactly t. The tank is losing 0.5 gal/min. Thanks in advance,
Lee.