A sewage disposal plant has a big concrete holding tank of 800 m² capacity. It is half full of liquid to start with and contains 25,000 kg of organic material suspended in water. Water runs into the holding tank at the rate of 125 m³/hr and the solution leaves at the rate of 100 m³/hr. How much organic material is in the tank at the end of 5 hr?

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A sewage disposal plant has a big concrete holding tank of 800 m³ capacity. It is half
full of liquid to start with and contains 25,000 kg of organic material suspended in water.
Water runs into the holding tank at the rate of 125 m³/hr and the solution leaves at the
rate of 100 m³/hr. How much organic material is in the tank at the end of 5 hr?
Transcribed Image Text:A sewage disposal plant has a big concrete holding tank of 800 m³ capacity. It is half full of liquid to start with and contains 25,000 kg of organic material suspended in water. Water runs into the holding tank at the rate of 125 m³/hr and the solution leaves at the rate of 100 m³/hr. How much organic material is in the tank at the end of 5 hr?
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