A large storage tank, open at the top to the atmospheric pressure (P1 = P0) and filled with water, develops a small hole in its side at a point below the water level. Since the area of the tank is much greater than the area of the small hole, it can be assumed that the velocity of the water at the surface of the tank (v1) is equal to 0. In other words the level of the water in the tank is assumed not to change although there is a leak. If the water leaving the hole from the leak to the open air (P2=P0) does so at a speed of 55.8 km/h, how far below the water level in metres was the hole? (to two decimal places) Assume that g = 9.81 ms-2 and the hole is circular and that Bernoulli's equation applies. this is all the information i was given
A large storage tank, open at the top to the atmospheric pressure (P1 = P0) and filled with water, develops a small hole in its side at a point below the water level. Since the area of the tank is much greater than the area of the small hole, it can be assumed that the velocity of the water at the surface of the tank (v1) is equal to 0. In other words the level of the water in the tank is assumed not to change although there is a leak.
If the water leaving the hole from the leak to the open air (P2=P0) does so at a speed of 55.8 km/h, how far below the water level in metres was the hole? (to two decimal places)
Assume that g = 9.81 ms-2 and the hole is circular and that Bernoulli's equation applies.
this is all the information i was given
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