Water is being pumped out of a reservoir at a rate of 2.54 liters per 15.0 seconds. If the reservoir contains 1.0500 x 106 gallons of water, how many hours will it take to empty it?

It will take 6,519.44 hours to empty the reservoir.

Explanation:

First of all, you should know that 1 gallon = 3.785 L

So, you can apply the following rule of three to know the amount of water in liters in the reservoir: if 1 gallon is 3.785 liters, 1.0500 * 10⁶ gallons of water, how many liters are they?

amount= 3,974,250 liters

Knowing that water is pumped out of a reservoir at a rate of 2.54 liters every 15.0 seconds, you now want to pump 3,974,250 liters of water out of the reservoir. For that you apply the following rule of three: if 2.54 liters are pumped out every 15 seconds, how long does 3,974,250 liters take to be pumped out?

time= 23,469,980.32 seconds

With 1 hour 60 minutes and 1 minute equal to 60 seconds, then 1 hour represents 3,600 seconds. So you apply the following rule of three: if 3,600 seconds is 1 hour, 23,469,980.32 seconds, how many hours are they?

time=6,519.44 hours

It will take 6,519.44 hours to empty the reservoir.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.