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Is this related to the question you asked in another thread about the height of a liquid in a horizontal, cylindrical tank?frankivalli said:Thanks in advance:
here is my equation:
Area = \pir^{2} - r^{2}(arcos((r-x)/r))+(r-x))*\sqrt{2*r*x-x^{2}}