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Question

A tank of height H is fully filled with water. If the water rushing from a hole made in the tank below the free surface, strikes the floor at maximum  horizontal  distance, then the depth of the hole from the free surface must be

A) 3/4H

B) 2/3H

C) 1/4H

D) 1/2H

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Answer 1

As hole is made in the tank below the free surface of water, so water rushing from this hole follows a parabolic path.

The velocity of efflux of liquid,

or h = H/2