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WIll paypal someone $2.00 if they can help me with math

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i have spent hours on this problem and it is impossible, google hasn't helped

The ends of a water trough have the shape of the region bounded by the graphs of y = x^2 and y = 4 with x and y both measured in feet. To what depth must the trough be filled with water so that the force exerted by the water on either end of the trough is 779.423 lb? (Water has a density of 62.5 lb per cubic foot.)


answer choices are 2.452 feet, 2 feet, 3 feet, 2.351 feet, or 3.528 feet
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cheaaaaaa
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http://wolframalpha.com may be able to help, not sure tho
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Xanadoo
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two whole dollars?!?! wow! I could almost get a cup of coffee with that much money!
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op14
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Don't plan on going to starbucks
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duuude.
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2.351 feet

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please
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do you have any work to be shown or any justification before i payal that shit to you
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Astomp
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its actually 7. check one more time to make sure thats not a choice.
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ILLinoisance
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3.528

Source: the bottom of this shitshow: http://openstudy.com/updates/4f5b9dd9e4b0602be437f13a
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Scaredwhiteboy
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I'm 95% certain the answer is 3.528 ft.

The water pressure on the side of the trough is equal to the density of water multiplied by the depth at the point. So p = (d - y) * 62.5. To calculate the the force on the side of the trough, we need to multiply the pressure by the area. To do this we need an integral because the pressure on the side varies with depth. The area of a tiny of the side is 2 * sqrt(y) * dy. dy represents an infinitesimal vertical sliver of the trough, and 2 * sqrt(y) is the width of that sliver. To solve for the force we multiply the area by the force and take the integral from 0 to d (d is depth).

Your final equation should look like this: integral(62.5 * (d - y) * 2 * sqrt(y) * dy) from 0 to d. Setting this equal to 779.423 and solving for d, we get the depth to be 3.528 feet.
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notspoicey
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Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
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GayWolf420
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X = 420
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BROLF
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*3 hunna
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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You are pretty close and definitely approaching this the right way. This is obviously an integral problem but density multiplied by depth(area) does not equal pressure. You need to include the gravitational constant in there.

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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Fucked up my link…the one above is similar concept but different application. This is what you want:

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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Fucked up my link…the one above is similar concept but different application. This is what you want:

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Espen519
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I'm 12 and the answer is D:69
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Scaredwhiteboy
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Don't listen to this idiot. He doesn't know what he's talking about. The given density is already in lbs so we don't need to do shit with gravity.
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yelsel
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Wtf you seriously need to figure that out for a math class?! Fuck that
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SSteezle
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x= 8008135 (.)(.)
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ricky2k15
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when in doubt choose C.
fuck it.
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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damn man so much butt hurt.

I was thinking lbs was newtons not just mass (SI unit habit). If you did what I said to do but with SI units we would get the same answer, but yes you are right.
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mski
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I'm amazed you got some real answers

Thanks for getting me stoked that I never need to sit through another math class again. Hope that shit pans out for you tho!
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Byron_tha_gr8
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what class is this so i can be sure to never take it?
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CaptainObvious.
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OP I found your teacher and showed this thread.

ur fuqd
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trill
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14. the answer is always 14
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