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Question 10
500 persons are taking a dip into a cuboidal pond which is 80 m long and 50 m broad. What is the rise of water level in the pond, if the average displacement of the water by a person is $0.04m^3$ ?

Answer 1

Let the rise of water level in the pond be h m, when 500 persons are taking a dip into a cuboidal pond.

Given that,
Length of the cuboidal pond = 80 m
Breadth of the cuboidal pond = 50 m

Now, volume for the rise of water level in the pond
$=Length\times Breadth\times Height$
$=80\times 50\times h=4000h{m}^3$

And the average displacement of the water by one person
$=0.04m^3$

So, the average displacement of the water by 500 persons = $500\times 0.04m^3$

Now, by given condition
Volume for the rise of water level in the pond = Average displacement of the water by 500 persons
$\Rightarrow 4000h=500\times 0.04\therefore h=\frac{500\times 0.04}{4000}=\frac{20}{4000}=\frac{1}{200}m=0.005m(1m=100cm)=0.005\times 100cm=0.5cm$

Hence , the required rise of water level in the pond is 0.5 cm.