The contents of a tanker truck carrying a liquid organic waste are spilled accidentally into a small lake. The resulting initial concentration of the waste in the lake is 300 mg/1. The volume of the lake is 105 m³. A stream that flows into and out of the lake has a flow rate of 1200 m³/d. If the organic waste in solution undergoes first-order photochemical decay (r = kC) with a k value of 0.008 d-1, determine the time required for the concentration of the waste in the lake to be reduced to 10 percent of the initial value.

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The contents of a tanker truck carrying a liquid organic waste are spilled accidentally into
a small lake. The resulting initial concentration of the waste in the lake is 300 mg/l. The
volume of the lake is 105 m³. A stream that flows into and out of the lake has a flow rate
of 1200 m³/d. If the organic waste in solution undergoes first-order photochemical decay
(r = kC) with a k value of 0.008 d-1, determine the time required for the concentration
of the waste in the lake to be reduced to 10 percent of the initial value.
Transcribed Image Text:The contents of a tanker truck carrying a liquid organic waste are spilled accidentally into a small lake. The resulting initial concentration of the waste in the lake is 300 mg/l. The volume of the lake is 105 m³. A stream that flows into and out of the lake has a flow rate of 1200 m³/d. If the organic waste in solution undergoes first-order photochemical decay (r = kC) with a k value of 0.008 d-1, determine the time required for the concentration of the waste in the lake to be reduced to 10 percent of the initial value.
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1st we will form a differential equation for amount of waste after t days and then solve it to get actual amount after t days . 

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