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A rectangular vessel when full of water takes 20 minutes to be emptied through an orifice at its bottom. How much time will it take to be emptied when half filled with water ?

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The velocity of efflux through an orifice is given by

v = √2gh

where h is the height of the vessel

and g is the acceleration ...

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