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jasonlr82794
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I have an oil spill that spills out at a rate of 100 ft per second. I need to find the rate of change of the radius at 800ft. The problem I thought would have been set up like this...
A=∏rsquared
100ft per second= 2∏r, but this isn't correct, it is actually...
100ft per second - 2∏r (dr/dt), this is how it was shown in the problem.
Why is the derivative of the cirlces area multiplied by the radiuses derivative with respect to time? why is it set up this way? It mathematically makes sense to say this without the dr/dt, so why is it there? please help.
A=∏rsquared
100ft per second= 2∏r, but this isn't correct, it is actually...
100ft per second - 2∏r (dr/dt), this is how it was shown in the problem.
Why is the derivative of the cirlces area multiplied by the radiuses derivative with respect to time? why is it set up this way? It mathematically makes sense to say this without the dr/dt, so why is it there? please help.