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Example Question #781 : How To Find Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 11 and a rate of growth of 30?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rates of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now, with the rate equation known, we can solve for the rate of change of the surface area with what we know about the cube, namely that its sides have a length of 11 and a rate of growth of 30:
Example Question #789 : How To Find Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 10 and a rate of growth of 31?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rates of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now, with the rate equation known, we can solve for the rate of change of the surface area with what we know about the cube, namely that its sides have a length of 10 and a rate of growth of 31:
Example Question #781 : How To Find Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 9 and a rate of growth of 32?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rates of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now, with the rate equation known, we can solve for the rate of change of the surface area with what we know about the cube, namely that its sides have a length of 9 and a rate of growth of 32:
Example Question #3701 : Calculus
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 8 and a rate of growth of 33?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rates of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now, with the rate equation known, we can solve for the rate of change of the surface area with what we know about the cube, namely that its sides have a length of 8 and a rate of growth of 33:
Example Question #792 : Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 7 and a rate of growth of 34?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rate of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now that we have a relationship between the surface area and the side parameters, we can use what we were told about the cube, in particular that its sides have a length of 7 and a rate of growth of 34:
Example Question #793 : Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 6 and a rate of growth of 35?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rate of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now that we have a relationship between the surface area and the side parameters, we can use what we were told about the cube, in particular that its sides have a length of 6 and a rate of growth of 35:
Example Question #794 : Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 5 and a rate of growth of 36?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rate of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now that we have a relationship between the surface area and the side parameters, we can use what we were told about the cube, in particular that its sides have a length of 5 and a rate of growth of 36:
Example Question #792 : Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 4 and a rate of growth of 37?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rate of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now that we have a relationship between the surface area and the side parameters, we can use what we were told about the cube, in particular that its sides have a length of 4 and a rate of growth of 37:
Example Question #796 : Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 3 and a rate of growth of 38?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rate of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now that we have a relationship between the surface area and the side parameters, we can use what we were told about the cube, in particular that its sides have a length of 3 and a rate of growth of 38:
Example Question #797 : Rate Of Change
A cube is growing in size. What is the rate of growth of the cube's surface area if its sides have a length of 2 and a rate of growth of 39?
Begin by writing the equations for a cube's dimensions. Namely its surface area in terms of the length of its sides:
The rate of change of the surface area can be found by taking the derivative of each side of the equation with respect to time:
Now that we have a relationship between the surface area and the side parameters, we can use what we were told about the cube, in particular that its sides have a length of 2 and a rate of growth of 39:
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