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  1. A tank 30 m long, 20 m wide and 12 m deep is dug in a field 500 m long and 30 m wide. By how much will the level of the field rise, if the Earth dug of the tank is evenly spread over the field ?
    1. 0.33 m
    2. 0.5 m
    3. 0.25 m
    4. 0.4 m
Correct Option: B

Volume of the Earth taken out = 30 x 20 x 12
= 7200 m3

Area of the remaining portion (leaving the area of dug out portion) = 470 x 30 + 30 x 10
= 14100 + 300 = 14400 m3

Let h be height to which the field is raised by spreading the Earth dug out.
Then, 14400 x h = 7200
∴ h = 7200/14400 = 0.5 m



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