Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH110/December 2014/Question 09 (b)
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When a pebble is thrown into a pond, circular ripples form on the water surface. Suppose is the radius, in centimetres, of one such ripple at minutes after the pebble falls into the water, and is the surface area of a ripple of radius . (b) Suppose the radius of the ripple increases at a rate of 20 centimetres per minute. How fast is the area of the ripple increasing when the radius is 10 cm? Include units. (Recall the area of a circle of radius is .) |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Since the radius of the ripple increases at a rate of 20 centimetres per minute, we have . To get , we use the chain rule first; . Then, plugging , we get
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