Water is pouring into a cubiodal reservoir at the rate of 60 litres per minute. If the volume of reservoir is 108 m3, find the number of hours it will take to fill the reservoir.
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Solution
Volume of cuboidal reservoir = 108 m3 = (108 × 1000) L = 108000 L
It is given that water is being poured at the rate of 60 L per minute.
That is, (60 × 60) L = 3600 L per hour
Required number of hours = `108000/3600` = 30 hour
Thus, it will take 30 hours to fill the reservoir.
Concept: Surface Area of a Cuboid
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