How High Should Water Be in a Half-Cylinder Tank to Be Half Full?

In summary, the conversation discusses finding the water height in a half cylinder water tank with a radius of 10 feet and a side length of 30 feet in order for the tank to be half full. The volume of the tank is calculated using the volume of a cylinder formula, and the conversation also mentions using an integral to solve the problem. The correct answer is determined to be 7.7, although there may be some formatting inconsistencies in the conversation.
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Homework Statement



A water tank is in the shape of a half cylinder sitting on its side (not its top or its bottom). Let the radius be 10 ft and let the side-lenth on the floor be 30 feet. What should be the water height, measured from the floor up, so that the water tank is half full?

Homework Equations



Volume of a cylinder- h*(pi)r^2

The Attempt at a Solution



First i found the volume needed, which is (30)*(10)^2*pi/2 = 4712.4

Then I tried this problem breaking down rectangular boxes into dy components and set up the integral as follows (using 2sqrt(100-y^2 as the width of the boxes and y as the height of the boxes and 30 being the constant length)

30[tex]\int^{0}_{h}[/tex][tex]\2sqrt{100-y^{2}}[/tex]*2y dy

and set it equal to the needed volume.

I ended up getting 7.7, which i feel is wrong because the height should be less than half of the radius by just thinking about what SHOULD happen.

Should i be taking an entirely different approach to this or what?

ps sorry for the formatting inconsistencies... kinda new here.

thanks guys.

edit: i can't get my bounds right for whatever reason, but i set it from 0 to h.
 
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nevermind, i guess i did the calculations wrong.

Can anyone confirm this setup at least?
 

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