C4 January 2008 Q8

EdexcelOld spec13 marksDifferentiationIntegration

8. Liquid is pouring into a large vertical circular cylinder at a constant rate of 1600 cm\(^3\) s\(^{-1}\) and is leaking out of a hole in the base, at a rate proportional to the square root of the height of the liquid already in the cylinder. The area of the circular cross section of the cylinder is 4000 cm\(^2\).

(a) Show that at time \(t\) seconds, the height \(h\) cm of liquid in the cylinder satisfies the differential equation\[\frac{\mathrm{d}h}{\mathrm{d}t} = 0.4 - k\sqrt{h}, \text{ where } k \text{ is a positive constant.}\] (3)

When \(h = 25\), water is leaking out of the hole at 400 cm\(^3\) s\(^{-1}\).

(b) Show that \(k = 0.02\) (1)
(c) Separate the variables of the differential equation\[\frac{\mathrm{d}h}{\mathrm{d}t} = 0.4 - 0.02\sqrt{h},\]to show that the time taken to fill the cylinder from empty to a height of 100 cm is given by\[\int_0^{100}\frac{50}{20 - \sqrt{h}}\,\mathrm{d}h.\] (2)

Using the substitution \(h = (20 - x)^2\), or otherwise,

(d) find the exact value of \(\displaystyle\int_0^{100}\frac{50}{20 - \sqrt{h}}\,\mathrm{d}h\). (6)
(e) Hence find the time taken to fill the cylinder from empty to a height of 100 cm, giving your answer in minutes and seconds to the nearest second. (1)