A large open tank has two holes in the wall. One is a square hole of side $L$ at a depth $y$ from the top…

A large open tank has two holes in the wall. One is a square hole of side $L$ at a depth $y$ from the top and the other is a circular hole of radius $R$ at a depth $4 y$ from the top. When the tank is completely filled with water, the quantities of water flowing out per second from the two holes are the same. Then value of $R$ is
  1. $\frac{L}{\sqrt{2 \pi}}$
  2. $2 \pi L$
  3. $L \sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}$
  4. $\frac{L}{2 \pi}$

Solution

By the principle of continuity $A_1 v_1=A_2 v_2$ According to question, $A_1=L^2$ $\begin{aligned} & v_1=\sqrt{2 g y} \\ & \text { and } \\ & A_2=\pi R^2 \\ & v_2=\sqrt{2 g 4 y} \\ & \therefore \quad L^2 \sqrt{2 g y}=\pi R^2 \sqrt{2 g 4 y} \\ & \end{aligned}$ or $L^2=2 \pi R^2$ or $R=\frac{L}{\sqrt{2 \pi}}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2011

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