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A cattle dip is 150cm wide and 12m long. The depth of the water increases uniformly from a shallow end of 60cm to a maximum...

A cattle dip is 150cm wide and 12m long. The depth of the water increases uniformly from a shallow end of 60cm to a maximum of 6m.
(a)Find the volume of water that can be held by the full dip in litres
(b)If the dip is drained by a pipe of radius 15cm at the rate of 6m/l, how long will it take to drain a full dip?

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