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Textbook Solutions for Calculus: Early Transcendentals

Chapter 3 Problem 3.527

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A trough is 10 ft long and its ends have the shape of isosceles triangles that are 3 ft across at the top and have a height of 1 ft. If the trough is being filled with water at a rate of 12 ft !min, how fast is the water level rising when the water is 6 inches deep?

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Title Calculus: Early Transcendentals 6 
Author James Stewart
ISBN 9780495011668

A trough is 10 ft long and its ends have the shape of

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