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BrettJimison
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Good day all,
someone gave me this problem to try to figure out (for fun) and I'm having a bit of a hard time:
A closed cylinder of radius R and length L is filled with liquid. The volume of the liquid is equal to 1/3 the total volume of the cylinder. If the cylinder is layed flat (horizontal - long ways), how high up the sides does the liquid go?
The answer involves an inverse trig function. The answer is not in terms of elementary functions - find an approximate solution graphically. Well,
I I am not sure my approach is correct, but I tried integrating "slices of water" from y= -R up to X - with X being the height of water along the side in terms of R (i think the bounds on my integral are wrong).
I ended up with :
[tex] \frac{13\pi }{12}= \frac{x\sqrt{R^{2}+x^{2}}}{2R^{2}}+sin^{-1}(\frac{x}{R})(\frac{1}{2})[/tex]
...which seems horribly wrong. Any help on how to approach this problem?
Thanks!
someone gave me this problem to try to figure out (for fun) and I'm having a bit of a hard time:
A closed cylinder of radius R and length L is filled with liquid. The volume of the liquid is equal to 1/3 the total volume of the cylinder. If the cylinder is layed flat (horizontal - long ways), how high up the sides does the liquid go?
The answer involves an inverse trig function. The answer is not in terms of elementary functions - find an approximate solution graphically. Well,
I I am not sure my approach is correct, but I tried integrating "slices of water" from y= -R up to X - with X being the height of water along the side in terms of R (i think the bounds on my integral are wrong).
I ended up with :
[tex] \frac{13\pi }{12}= \frac{x\sqrt{R^{2}+x^{2}}}{2R^{2}}+sin^{-1}(\frac{x}{R})(\frac{1}{2})[/tex]
...which seems horribly wrong. Any help on how to approach this problem?
Thanks!