Saturday, October 31, 2009

Rate of change in a radius and surface area...?

The volume of a spherical balloon is increasing at the constant rate 8 cubic feet per minute. How fast is the radius increasing when the radius exactly 10 feet? How fast is the surface area increasing at that time? Explain your work. Thanks :)



Rate of change in a radius and surface area...?

Let the volume be v ft^3, the surface area be s ft^2, and the radius be r ft, and time t be measured in minutes.



Then:



v = (4/3)pi r^3



dv/dt = (4/3)pi 3r^2 dr/dt



dv/dt = 4pi r^2 dr/dt



Putting dv/dt = 8 and r = 10:



8 = 4 pi 10^2 dr/dt



dr/dt = 8 / 400pi



dr/dt = 1 / 50pi ft/min.



s = 4pi r^2



ds/dt = 8pi r dr/dt



= 8 pi 10 / (50 pi)



= (8 / 5) ft^2/min.

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