Answer to Question #336374 in Calculus for John

Question

Related Rates: Problem Solving

Direction: Solve each word problem involving a related rates. Make a sketch of your work

if necessary, and then apply differentiation.

Sand is being dropped at a rate of 10 cubic feet per minute onto a conical pile. If

the height of the pile is always twice the base radius, at what rate is the height

increasing when the pile is 8 feet high?

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DEADLINE : 05/03/2022 11 : 00 PM

Answer 1

$V=\dfrac{1}{3}\pi r^2h$

Given $h=2r$

$V=\dfrac{\pi}{12}h^3$

Differentiate both sides with respect to $t$

$\dfrac{dV}{dt}=\dfrac{\pi}{4}h^2(\dfrac{dh}{dt})$

Then

$\dfrac{dh}{dt}=\dfrac{4}{\pi h^2}(\dfrac{dV}{dt})$

When the pile is 8 feet high

$\dfrac{dh}{dt}=\dfrac{4}{\pi (8ft)^2}(10{ft}^3/min)$

$=\dfrac{5}{8\pi}ft/min\approx0.199ft/min$

The height is increasing at rate of 0.199 feet per minute when the pile is 8 feet high.