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When the water tower is half-full, the free surface is 90 ft above the reservoir surface. The design specifications require that when the tank is half-full it can be drained back to supply at a flow rate of 2200 ft/min. If losses are neglected, what diameter must the supply pipe exceed(because there really are losses in the flow) to meet this requirement?

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