A tank contains 40 lb of salt dissolved in 500 gallons of water. A brine solution is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gal/min; it mixes with the solution there, and then the mixture is pumped out at a rate of 5 gal/min. Determine A(t), the amount of salt in the tank at time t, if the concentration of salt in the inflow is variable and given by cin(t)

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Answer:

[tex]A(t)=500C_{in}(t)+[40-500C_{in}(t)]\cdot e^{-\frac{t}{100}}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Volume of water in the Tank =500 gallons

Let A(t) be the amount of salt in the tank at time t.

Initially, the tank contains 40 lbs of salt, therefore:

A(0)=40 lbs

Rate of change of the amount of Salt in the Tank

[tex]\dfrac{dA}{dt}=R_{in}-R_{out}[/tex]

Rate In=(concentration of salt in inflow)(input rate of brine)

[tex]=(C_{in}(t))( 5\frac{gal}{min})\\=5C_{in}(t)\frac{lbs}{min}[/tex]

Rate Out=(concentration of salt in outflow)(output rate of brine)

[tex]=(\frac{A(t)}{500})( 5\frac{gal}{min})=\frac{A}{100}[/tex]

Therefore:

[tex]\dfrac{dA}{dt}=5C_{in}(t)-\dfrac{A}{100}[/tex]

We then solve the resulting differential equation by separation of variables.

[tex]\dfrac{dA}{dt}+\dfrac{A}{100}=5C_{in}(t)\\$The integrating factor: e^{\int \frac{1}{100}}dt =e^{\frac{t}{100}}\\$Multiplying by the integrating factor all through\\\dfrac{dA}{dt}e^{\frac{t}{100}}+\dfrac{A}{100}e^{\frac{t}{100}}=5C_{in}(t)e^{\frac{t}{100}}\\(Ae^{\frac{t}{100}})'=5C_{in}(t)e^{\frac{t}{100}}[/tex]

Taking the integral of both sides

[tex]\int(Ae^{\frac{t}{100}})'=\int [5C_{in}(t)e^{\frac{t}{100}}]dt\\Ae^{\frac{t}{100}}=5*100C_{in}(t)e^{\frac{t}{100}}+C, $(C a constant of integration)\\Ae^{\frac{t}{100}}=500C_{in}(t)e^{\frac{t}{100}}+C\\$Divide all through by e^{\frac{t}{100}}\\A(t)=500C_{in}(t)+Ce^{-\frac{t}{100}}[/tex]

Recall that when t=0, A(t)=40 lbs (our initial condition)

[tex]A(t)=500C_{in}(t)+Ce^{-\frac{t}{100}}\\40=500C_{in}(t)+Ce^{-\frac{0}{100}}\\C=40-500C_{in}(t)\\$Therefore, the amount of salt in the tank at any time t is:\\\\A(t)=500C_{in}(t)+[40-500C_{in}(t)]\cdot e^{-\frac{t}{100}}[/tex]