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Ch. 6 - Applications of Integration
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 6, Problema 6.7.36b

Emptying a cylindrical tank A cylindrical water tank has height 8 m and radius 2m (see figure).
b. Is it true that it takes half as much work to pump the water out of the tank when it is half full as when it is full? Explain.
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Understand that the work required to pump water out of the tank depends on both the volume of water and the distance each layer of water must be lifted.
Set up the integral for work when the tank is full: consider a thin horizontal slice of water at height \(y\) with thickness \(dy\). The volume of this slice is the area of the base times \(dy\), which is \(\pi \times 2^2 \times dy = 4\pi dy\).
Calculate the weight of this slice by multiplying its volume by the density of water and gravity (these constants can be factored out). The distance the slice must be lifted is \(8 - y\) meters (from height \(y\) to the top of the tank). So, the work done on this slice is proportional to \(4\pi (8 - y) dy\).
Integrate this expression from \(y=0\) to \(y=8\) to find the total work when the tank is full: \(W_{full} = \int_0^8 4\pi (8 - y) dy\).
For the tank half full, repeat the process but integrate from \(y=0\) to \(y=4\): \(W_{half} = \int_0^4 4\pi (8 - y) dy\). Compare \(W_{half}\) to \(\frac{1}{2} W_{full}\) to determine if it takes half as much work to pump the water out when the tank is half full.

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