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2 CM /s. How Fast Is The Length of The Radius Increasing When

The document contains three word problems about the rate of change of the radius of a spherical balloon as it is inflated or deflated. The solutions show using implicit differentiation to relate the rate of change of volume to the rate of change of radius, and then solving for the rate of change of radius given the rate of change of volume and the current radius.

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2 CM /s. How Fast Is The Length of The Radius Increasing When

The document contains three word problems about the rate of change of the radius of a spherical balloon as it is inflated or deflated. The solutions show using implicit differentiation to relate the rate of change of volume to the rate of change of radius, and then solving for the rate of change of radius given the rate of change of volume and the current radius.

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Topic: Radius of the balloon

Question: Air is being pumped into a spherical ball at a rate of 2 cm3/s.


How fast is the length of the radius increasing when r = 10 cm?

Answer choices:

1
A cm/s
200π

B 400π cm/s

C 200π cm/s

1
D cm/s
400π

400
Solution: A

The formula for the volume of a sphere is

4 3
V= πr
3

Use implicit differentiation to take the derivative of both sides.

dV 4 dr
(1) = π3r 2
dt 3 dt

dV dr
= 4πr 2
dt dt

From the question, we know that dV/dt = 2 and that r = 10, so we’ll plug
those in.

dr
2 = 4π(10)2
dt

dr
2 = 400π
dt

Solve for dr/dt, which is the rate we were asked to find.

dr 2
=
dt 400π

dr 1
=
dt 200π

401
Topic: Radius of the balloon

Question: Air is being pumped into a spherical balloon at a rate of


100 cm3/s. How fast is the radius increasing when r = 10 cm?

Answer choices:

1
A cm/s
4

B 4 cm/s

1
C cm/s
4π

D 4π cm/s

402
Solution: C

The formula for the volume of a sphere is

4 3
V= πr
3

Use implicit differentiation to take the derivative of both sides.

dV 4 dr
(1) = π3r 2
dt 3 dt

dV dr
= 4πr 2
dt dt

From the question, we know that dV/dt = 100 and that r = 10, so we’ll plug
those in.

dr
100 = 4π(10)2
dt

dr
100 = 400π
dt

Solve for dr/dt, which is the rate we were asked to find.

dr 100
=
dt 400π

dr 1
=
dt 4π

403
Topic: Radius of the balloon

Question: Air is being sucked out of a spherical balloon so that its volume
is decreasing by 250 cm3/s. How fast is the radius decreasing when the
radius is 5 cm?

Answer choices:

5
A cm/s
2π

5
B − cm/s
2π

2
C cm/s
5π

2
D − cm/s
5π

404
Solution: B

The formula for the volume of a sphere is

4 3
V= πr
3

Use implicit differentiation to take the derivative of both sides.

dV 4 dr
(1) = π3r 2
dt 3 dt

dV dr
= 4πr 2
dt dt

From the question, we know that dV/dt = − 250 and that r = 5, so we’ll plug
those in.

dr
−250 = 4π(5)2
dt

dr
−250 = 100π
dt

Solve for dr/dt, which is the rate we were asked to find.

dr 250
= −
dt 100π

dr 5
= −
dt 2π

405

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