A water tank in the form of a right rectangular parallelepiped, with 4 m in length, 3 m in width, and 2 m in height, needs to be sanitized. In this operation, the tank will need to be emptied in 20 minutes at most. The water will be removed with the help of a pump with constant flow rate, where flow rate is the volume of liquid that passes through the pump per unit of time. The minimum flow rate, in liters per second, that this pump should have so that the tank is emptied in the stipulated time is (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 5. (D) 12. (E) 20.
A water tank in the form of a right rectangular parallelepiped, with 4 m in length, 3 m in width, and 2 m in height, needs to be sanitized. In this operation, the tank will need to be emptied in 20 minutes at most. The water will be removed with the help of a pump with constant flow rate, where flow rate is the volume of liquid that passes through the pump per unit of time.
The minimum flow rate, in liters per second, that this pump should have so that the tank is emptied in the stipulated time is
(A) 2.
(B) 3.
(C) 5.
(D) 12.
(E) 20.