A high fountain of water is in the center of a circular pool of water. You walk the circumference of the pool and measure it to be 170 meters. You then stand at the edge of the pool and use a protractor to gauge the angle of elevation of the top of the fountain. It is 51°. How high is the fountain?

a. 17 m
c. 30 m
b. 23 m
d. 33 m


D

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Surface hardening of metallic machine components, such as ball and roller bearings, is carried out in a heat treatment process where the surface temperature is increased to a desirable level without altering the internal temperature substantially. In one such operation, steel ball (spherical) bearings with a diameter of 25 mm, initially at 25°C, are immersed in a very high temperature (1000°C) molten electrolyte-solution bath and quickly removed when the temperature at a depth of 1 mm from the outer surface of the steel ball attains 725°C. If the convective heat transfer coefficient between the steel ball and the bath liquid is assumed to be 4.95 kW/(m2 K), determine the time required for attaining the surface hardening condition.

GIVEN
Steel ball bearing diameter (d)= 25 mm=0.025 m
Initial temperature (To) = 25°C
Temperature of electrolyte solution (T?) = 1000°C
The heat transfer coefficient (hc) = 4.95 kW/(m2 K) = 4950 W/(m2 K)
Radius of the surface where temperature of 7250C is attained= 11.5 mm
FIND
Time required for attaining temperature of 7250C at depth of 1 mm from outer surface.
ASSUMPTIONS
constant bath temperature, thermal properties and heat transfer coefficient
SKETCH

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