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Fig. 1 shows an open tank in the shape of a triangular prism. The vertical ends ABE and DCF are identical isosceles triangles. Angle \(ABE =\) angle \(BAE = 30^\circ\). The length of \(AD\) is 40 cm. The tank is fixed in position with the open top \(ABCD\) horizontal. Water is poured into the tank at a constant rate of 200 cm\(^3\) s\(^{-1}\). The depth of water, \(t\) seconds after filling starts, is \(h\) cm (see Fig. 2).

(i) Show that, when the depth of water in the tank is \(h\) cm, the volume, \(V\) cm\(^3\), of water in the tank is given by \(V = (40\sqrt{3})h^2\).

(ii) Find the rate at which \(h\) is increasing when \(h = 5\).

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