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Homework Statement
A scale is adjusted so that when a large, shallow pan is placed on it, it reads zero. A water faucet at height h = 3.1 m above is turned on at t=0 and water falls into the pan at a rate R = 0.16 kg/s.
Determine a formula for the scale reading as a function of time t for t > sqrt(2h/g).
Express in terms using some or all of the variables: h,R,t
AND
Replace the pan with a tall narrow cylindrical container with Area of 11 cm^2 and find reading for t=9.2 s
The Attempt at a Solution
I got this
g*R*(t-sqrt(2h/g))+R*sqrt(2gh)
but it says i don't need the h variable, I'm stuck..
...the function of time is the time it takes for the water to fall 3.1 meters plus the rate times time?