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A right circular cone with radius R and height H contains a liquid which evaporates at a rate proportional to its surface area in contact with air (proportionality constant = k > 0). Find the time after which the cone is empty.

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Given, liquid evaporates at a rate proportional to its surface area.

On substituting Eq. (iv) in Eq. (i), we get

. .. Required time after which the cone is empty, T = H/k

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