Monday, July 18, 2011

What story can the pump send water to?

A fire engine's 30 kilowatt (40 horsepower) water pump pulls water out of a sufficiently large pond and shoots water through a 2 inch diameter nozzle. The maximum output of the pump is .10 cubic meters per second. If each story of a tall apartment building is 4 meters high, to what story can this pump send potentially lifesaving water?

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