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    How many hours does it take to fill a 16m x 7m x 7m tank with water?

    ahhh brilliant thanks guys. changing my mistake i get: 2 * 784000 = 250n + 200n2 giving: 0 = 200n2 + 250n - 1568000 then applying to a quadratic equation i get 87.921, not quite 88.3 but then I am assuming that 1 cubic metre of water = 1000 litres. thanks again that confused...
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    How many hours does it take to fill a 16m x 7m x 7m tank with water?

    the problem I am having now is although there's only 1 variable (n) there's 2 of them, and i need to get only 1 for the answer. this is what i tryed: S= n/2 (a+(a+(n-1)d)) 2S = n (150+(150+(n-1)200)) 2S = n (150+150+200n-200) 2S = n (150+(200n-50) 2S = n (100+350n) 2S = 100n+350n2 not sure if...
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    How many hours does it take to fill a 16m x 7m x 7m tank with water?

    i don't understand sorry, why would i need to substitute values that i already know?
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    How many hours does it take to fill a 16m x 7m x 7m tank with water?

    not entirely, i attempted to replaced l in the 2nd equation to the answer for l in the first to give: S= n/2 (a+(a+(n-1)d)) but i couldn't seem to get a decent answer from that
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    How many hours does it take to fill a 16m x 7m x 7m tank with water?

    Homework Statement water fills a tank at a rate of 150 litres during the first hour, 350 litres during the second hour, 550 litres during the 3rd hour and so on. find the number of hours neccesary to fill a rectangular tank 16m x 7m x7mHomework Equations l=a+(n-1)d S= n/2 (a+l) where: l =...
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    Calculating volume from adiabatic operation

    ahh brilliant I am with you now, thanks for the help. for some reason i didnt think it would be possible to calculate due to the temperature changing and trying to calculate it from that. looking back i actually wrote that equation down about 3 hours ago and crossed it out before i tied...
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    Calculating volume from adiabatic operation

    hi thanks for the welcome. been thinking about this and with the equation posted if i knew both P and V at a given point then there would be no need to use the equation as id already have the volume at the given point. unless of course the constant at 1 point of volume was the same at...
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    Calculating volume from adiabatic operation

    trying to work through the exercise sheets that were given to us to prepare for exams when term starts up but I've come to a complete stop on this question and the following questions all seem to be based around it so i need your help! Homework Statement a certain gas occupies a bolume of...
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