?A swimming pool is 20 ft wide, 40 ft long, 3 ft deep at the shallow end, and 9 ft deep

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A swimming pool is 20 ft wide, 40 ft long, 3 ft deep at the shallow end, and 9 ft deep at its deepest point. A cross-section is shown in the figure. If the pool is being filled at a rate of \(0.8 \ ft^3/min\), how fast is the water level rising when the depth at the deepest point is 5 ft?

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QUESTION:

A swimming pool is 20 ft wide, 40 ft long, 3 ft deep at the shallow end, and 9 ft deep at its deepest point. A cross-section is shown in the figure. If the pool is being filled at a rate of \(0.8 \ ft^3/min\), how fast is the water level rising when the depth at the deepest point is 5 ft?

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The volume of the swimming pool is given by,

                                           

The width of the pool is constant and is equal to .

Differentiate the volume equation with respect to .

                                                                                                     …… (1)

 

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