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An electric pump on the ground floor of a building takes 15 minutes to fill a tank of volume 30 `m^(3)` with water. If the tank is 40 m above the ground and the efficiency of the pump is 30%. Find the electric power consumed by the pump in filling the tank. (Density of water `= 1 xx 10^(3) "kg m"^(-3)`).

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