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Exercise 6.3

20 January, 2016 - 09:21

A 2000-liter tank is full of lube oil. It is known that if lube oil is drained from the tank, the mass flow rate will decrease from the maximum when the tank level is at the highest.

The following data were collected when the tank was drained.

Table 6.4 Data

Time [min]

Mass Flow [kg/min]

0

50.00

5

48.25

10

46.00

15

42.50

20

37.50

25

30.50

30

19.00

35

9.00

 

Write a script to estimate the amount of oil drained in 35 minutes.