Water with a small salt content (5 lb in10gal) is flowing into a very salty lake at the rate of4·105gal per hr. The salty water is flowing out at the rate of105gal per hr. If at some time (say t=0)the volume of the lake is109gal, and its salt content is107lb, find the salt content at a time t. Assume that the salt is mixed uniformly with the water in the lake at all times.

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The Salt content at a time t is:S(t)=12×1071+3t104+1+3t104- 1/3

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Meaning of First-order differentiation

The linear differential equation is defined byx'+Px=Q, whereP and Qare numeric constants or functions in x. It is made up of a yand a yderivative. The differential equation is called the first-order linear differential equation because it is a first-order differentiation.

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Given parameters

Given that a lake has a volume of109 gal and the lake receive the water at a rate of 4·104gal/hr and loses water with a rate of 105gal/hr. The water in the lake receives a salt content of 5·10-3IB/gal

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Find the equation

The rate of change of salt content of the lake will be:

dSdt=dSindVdVindt-dSoutdVdVoutdt

Where

dSindV=5×10-3Ib/gal,dVindt=4×105gal/hr,dSoutdV=S109+3×105tIb/gal,dVindt=1×105gal/hr

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Write the equation in x'+Px=Q form.

The equation inx'+Px=Q form will be:

S'=2×103-S104+ 3tS'+S104+3t=2×103

From the equation 3.4

I=dt104+3t=13ln104+3teI=eln104+3t1/3=104+3t1/3

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Find the general solution

From equation 3.9,

Se'=∫2×103104+3t1/3dt=12×103104+3t4/3dt+SS=12×103104+3tS104+3t1/3

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Find the salt content at a time t.

Using the initial equationSo=107, the integration constantSo will be:

107=12×107+So104/3So=104/312×107

Then the salt content at any time will be:

S(t)=12×103104+3t+104/3104104+3t1/3=12×1071+3t104+1+3t104- 1/3

So, the salt content at any time will be:

S(t)=12×1071+3t104+1+3t104- 1/3

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