A large tank is filled to capacity with 400 gallons of water in which 300 pounds of salt have been dissolved. Brine cont
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:06 am
A large tank is filled to capacity with 400 gallons of water in which 300 pounds of salt have been dissolved. Brine containing 0.5 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into a tank at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. Assume that the tank is mixed thoroughly before the overflow spills out at the same rate. Write an initial value problem to model this situation. Then, use that to find an expression for the concentration of salt in the tank at a time t.