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110 points) Air at standard conditions enters the compressor at a rate of 12 ft3 tank through a 1.2.in, diameter pipe with a density of 0.0035 slugs/ift and a uniform 700 ft/s fs.It leave of (a) Determine the rate (slugs/s) at which the mass of air in the tank is increasing or decread (b) Determine the average time rate of change of air density within the tank. Compressor 12t ls 0.00238 slugs/ft Tank volume = 20 ft3 .2 in 600 ft/s 0.0035 slugs/ft
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Given V-20 ft3 = 12 ft%, slug/P 2 accumulahon 2. 2. n< 9- m 2.0

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