Question:

The area spherical balloon of radius 6 cm increases at the rate of 2 then find the rate of increase in the volume. 

Updated On: May 19, 2023
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We can use the formulas for the surface area and volume of a sphere to solve this problem.

 The surface area of a sphere with radius r is given by: A = 4πr^2 And the volume of a sphere with radius r is given by: V = (4/3)πr^3 

We are given that the surface area is increasing at the rate of 2 cm^2/sec. 

That is, dA/dt = 2 cm^2/sec. 

We want to find the rate of change of the volume when the radius is 6 cm. Using the formulas for A and V, we can find the relationship between the rate of change of surface area and the rate of change of volume: dA/dt = 8πr(dr/dt) dV/dt = 4πr^2(dr/dt) 

Here, dr/dt is the rate of change of the radius, which we don't know. However, we know that the radius is constant with respect to time, so dr/dt = 0. Therefore, we have: dV/dt = 4πr^2(dr/dt) = 4πr^2(0) = 0 

This means that the volume is not changing with respect to time when the radius is constant. However, we are given that the radius is increasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec. That is, dr/dt = 2 cm/sec. So, the rate of change of the radius is positive.

Therefore, the volume is increasing, but the rate of increase is zero when the radius is constant. In summary, when the radius of the spherical balloon is 6 cm and is increasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec, the rate of increase in the volume is 0 cubic cm/sec. 
 

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Concepts Used:

Application of Derivatives

Various Applications of Derivatives-

Rate of Change of Quantities:

If some other quantity ‘y’ causes some change in a quantity of surely ‘x’, in view of the fact that an equation of the form y = f(x) gets consistently pleased, i.e, ‘y’ is a function of ‘x’ then the rate of change of ‘y’ related to ‘x’ is to be given by 

\(\frac{\triangle y}{\triangle x}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\)

This is also known to be as the Average Rate of Change.

Increasing and Decreasing Function:

Consider y = f(x) be a differentiable function (whose derivative exists at all points in the domain) in an interval x = (a,b).

  • If for any two points x1 and x2 in the interval x such a manner that x1 < x2, there holds an inequality f(x1) ≤ f(x2); then the function f(x) is known as increasing in this interval.
  • Likewise, if for any two points x1 and x2 in the interval x such a manner that x1 < x2, there holds an inequality f(x1) ≥ f(x2); then the function f(x) is known as decreasing in this interval.
  • The functions are commonly known as strictly increasing or decreasing functions, given the inequalities are strict: f(x1) < f(x2) for strictly increasing and f(x1) > f(x2) for strictly decreasing.

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