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Name___________________________________

Related Rates

Date________________ Period____

Solve each related rate problem.


1) Water leaking onto a floor forms a circular pool. The radius of the pool increases at a rate of 4
cm/min. How fast is the area of the pool increasing when the radius is 5 cm?

2) Oil spilling from a ruptured tanker spreads in a circle on the surface of the ocean. The area of
the spill increases at a rate of 9 m/min. How fast is the radius of the spill increasing when the
radius is 10 m?

3) A conical paper cup is 10 cm tall with a radius of 10 cm. The cup is being filled with water so
that the water level rises at a rate of 2 cm/sec. At what rate is water being poured into the cup
when the water level is 8 cm?

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4) A spherical balloon is inflated so that its radius (r) increases at a rate of

2
cm/sec. How fast is
r

the volume of the balloon increasing when the radius is 4 cm?

5) A 7 ft tall person is walking away from a 20 ft tall lamppost at a rate of 5 ft/sec. Assume the
scenario can be modeled with right triangles. At what rate is the length of the person's shadow
changing when the person is 16 ft from the lamppost?

6) An observer stands 700 ft away from a launch pad to observe a rocket launch. The rocket
blasts off and maintains a velocity of 900 ft/sec. Assume the scenario can be modeled as a right
triangle. How fast is the observer to rocket distance changing when the rocket is 2400 ft from
the ground?

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Kuta Software - Infinite Calculus

Name___________________________________

Related Rates

Date________________ Period____

Solve each related rate problem.


1) Water leaking onto a floor forms a circular pool. The radius of the pool increases at a rate of 4
cm/min. How fast is the area of the pool increasing when the radius is 5 cm?
A = area of circle r = radius
Equation: A = r

t = time
dr
dA
Given rate:
= 4 Find:
dt
dt
r=5

dA
dt

dr
= 2r
= 40 cm/min
dt
r=5

2) Oil spilling from a ruptured tanker spreads in a circle on the surface of the ocean. The area of
the spill increases at a rate of 9 m/min. How fast is the radius of the spill increasing when the
radius is 10 m?
A = area of circle r = radius
Equation: A = r 2

t = time
dA
Given rate:
= 9
dt

Find:

dr
dt
r = 10

dr
dt

1 dA
9

=
m/min
2r dt 20

r = 10

3) A conical paper cup is 10 cm tall with a radius of 10 cm. The cup is being filled with water so
that the water level rises at a rate of 2 cm/sec. At what rate is water being poured into the cup
when the water level is 8 cm?
V = volume of material in cone h = height t = time
h 3
dh
dV
Equation: V =
Given rate:
= 2 Find:
3
dt
dt
h=8

dV
dt

dh
= h 2
= 128 cm/sec
dt
h=8

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4) A spherical balloon is inflated so that its radius (r) increases at a rate of

2
cm/sec. How fast is
r

the volume of the balloon increasing when the radius is 4 cm?


V = volume of sphere r = radius t = time
4 3
dr 2
dV
Equation: V = r Given rate:
=
Find:
dt r
dt
3
r=4

dV
dt

= 4 r 2

dr
= 32 cm/sec
dt

r=4

5) A 7 ft tall person is walking away from a 20 ft tall lamppost at a rate of 5 ft/sec. Assume the
scenario can be modeled with right triangles. At what rate is the length of the person's shadow
changing when the person is 16 ft from the lamppost?
x = distance from person to lamppost y = length of shadow t = time
x+ y y
dx
dy
Equation:
=
Given rate:
= 5 Find:
20
7
dt
dt
x = 16

7 dx 35
=

=
ft/sec
13 dt 13

dy
dt
x = 16

6) An observer stands 700 ft away from a launch pad to observe a rocket launch. The rocket
blasts off and maintains a velocity of 900 ft/sec. Assume the scenario can be modeled as a right
triangle. How fast is the observer to rocket distance changing when the rocket is 2400 ft from
the ground?
a = altitute of rocket

z = distance from observer to rocket t = time


da
dz
Equation: a 2 + 490000 = z 2 Given rate:
= 900 Find:
dt
dt
a = 2400

a da
=
= 864 ft/sec
z dt

dz
dt
a = 2400

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