You are visiting your friend Fabio\'s house. You find that, as a joke, he filled

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You are visiting your friend Fabio's house. You find that, as a joke, he filled his swimming pool with Kool-Aid, which dissolved perfectly into the water. However, now that you want to swim, you must remove all of the Kool-Aid contaminated water. The swimming pool is round, with a 9.5 foot radius. It is 8 feet tall and has 2 feet of water in it.
How much work is required to remove all of the water by pumping it over the side? Use the physical definition of work, and the fact that the weight of the Kool-Aid contaminated water is =64.3lbs/ft3 Don't forget to enter the correct units. (You may enter lbf or lb*ft for ft-lb.)

Explanation / Answer

According to the given problem,

First calcualte the,

Volume of a cylinder = r2h = V

V = *2*9.52
V = 567.057 cu.ft.

The force due to gravity of the water is therefore:

F = 567.057 * 64.3

F = 36461.8 lbs

The center of mass is [8 - 2]/2 = 3 feet below the pool edge.

Work is required to remove all of the water by pumping it over the side,

Work = F*d

W = 36461.8 * 3

W = 109385.4 ft-lbs

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