June 2022 Paper 2 Q8

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An inverted cone of height 50 cm, partly filled with water to depth h cm; the semi-vertical angle at the bottom vertex is 30 degrees

The diagram shows a water tank which is shaped as an inverted cone with semi-vertical angle \(30^\circ\) and height 50 cm. Initially the tank is full, and the depth of the water is 50 cm.

Water flows out of a small hole at the bottom of the tank. The rate at which the water flows out is modelled by \(\dfrac{\mathrm{d}V}{\mathrm{d}t} = -2h\), where \(V\,\mathrm{cm}^3\) is the volume of water remaining and \(h\) cm is the depth of water in the tank \(t\) seconds after the water begins to flow out.

Determine the time taken for the tank to become empty.

[For a cone with base radius \(r\) and height \(h\) the volume \(V\) is given by \(\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h\).] [7]