Join the Most Relevant JEE Main 2025 Test Series & get 99+ percentile! Join Now
Search any question & find its solution
Question: Answered & Verified by Expert
A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone, whose semi-vertical angle is tan-112. Water is poured into it at a constant rate of 5 cubic m/min. Then the rate (in m/min), at which the level of water is rising at the instant when the depth of water in the tank is 10 m; is:
MathematicsApplication of DerivativesJEE MainJEE Main 2019 (09 Apr Shift 2)
Options:
  • A 110π
  • B 115π
  • C 15π
  • D 2π
Solution:
2836 Upvotes Verified Answer
The correct answer is: 15π

The given water tank is of the shape shown by the diagram.

The semi-vertical angle θ=tan-112,  tanθ=12

Let at any time t min, height of water level is h m  and radius of cone filled with water be r m.

Also, we have tanθ=rh

rh=12

r=h2   ...i

Now, the volume of the water at time t min in the cone is V=13πr2h

On putting the value of r from the equation i, we get

V=π3h34=π12h3

Now, differentiating with respect to t, we get

dVdt=π123h2dhdt

Put the given value of dVdt & h

5=π4100dhdt

dhdt=15π m/min

Looking for more such questions to practice?

Download the MARKS App - The ultimate prep app for IIT JEE & NEET with chapter-wise PYQs, revision notes, formula sheets, custom tests & much more.