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Models & Qualitative Behavior · Hard problem

Water drains from a cylindrical tank through a hole in its base, and by Torricelli's law the depth hh (in feet) satisfies h′=−khh' = -k\sqrt{h} for a constant k>0k > 0. The depth is 1616 ft at t=0t = 0 and 99 ft at t=1t = 1 hour. At what time tt (in hours) is the tank empty?