A spherical balloon is being inflated so that its volume is increasing at a constant rate of 100 cm³/s. Calculate the rate at which the radius is increasing, in cm/s, at the instant when the radius is 5 cm. Give your answer correct to two decimal places.
Specialist Mathematics · Unit 4 · Rates of change and differential equations · Rates of change
Model and solve related rates problems as instances of the chain rule including situations that involve surface area and volume of cones, pyramids and spheres, with and without technology.
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Sand is being poured into a conical container at a constant rate of (0.5 \text{ m}^3\text{/min}\u0005). The container has a fixed apex angle such that the radius of the sand's surface is always equal to the height of the sand. When the sand is 1.2 m deep, find the rate at which the height of the sand is increasing. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
A conical water tank has a base radius of 3 m and a vertical height of 8 m. Water is being pumped into the tank at a constant rate of 2 m³/min. Determine the rate at which the water level is rising when the depth of water in the tank is 5 m. Note: the radius and height of the water surface maintain the same ratio as the tank dimensions throughout.