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<p>In class today David asked about the cone problem and if volume
below the cone orifice could be ignored. Based on the problem
statement, when the cone is full it has a height of 8 feet and the
diameter of the cone of water at that height is 16 feet. The
diameter of the orifice through which the water flows is 0.2
feet. Based on my quick trig calculations that means that the
volume that would fill the space below the cone (the small cone
below the cone with an orifice of zero) would be 0.001047 cubic
feet (or around 30 ml). Since the problem asks for times on the
scale of minutes, this can obviously be ignored.<br>
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<b>Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.</b><br>
<i>Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science</i><br>
<i>Director of the Computational Science Program</i><br>
<i>Mercer University, Macon, GA, 31207 (478) 301-5627 </i></div>
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