Each cone of the hourglass has a height of 12 millimeters. The total height of the sand within the top portion of the hourglass is 47 millimeters. The radius of both the cylinder and cone is 4 millimeters. Sand drips from the top of the hourglass to the bottom at a rate of 10π cubic millimeters per second. How many seconds will it take until all of the sand has dripped to the bottom of the hourglass?

Step-by-step explanation:

The solution would be like this for this specific problem:

Volume of a cylinder = pi * r^2 * h

Volume of a cone = 1/3 * pi * r^2 * h

Total Height = 47

Height of the cone = 12

Height of the cylinder = 35

If the top half is filled with sand, then:

volume (sand) = pi * 4^2 * 36

volume (cone) =  1/3 * pi * 4^2 * 12

Total volume = 1960.353816 cubic millimeters

353816 / (10 * pi) = 62.4 seconds.

It will take 62.4 seconds until all of the sand has dripped to the bottom of the hourglass. I am hoping that these answers have satisfied your query and it will be able to help you in your endeavors, and if you would like, feel free to ask another question.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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