Chapter 8: Differentiation

RATE OF CHANGE (APPLICATION OF THE CHAIN RULE)

We now use differentiation to study the rate of change of certain variables with respect to time. We write rate as dt Hence, The rate of change of radius, The rate of change of area,

dr dt dA A dt r
V s

The rate of change of volume, The rate of change of distance,

Example 1 The radius r (cm) of a circle changes with time t (seconds) and they are related by the the equation of

r = 3t2 + 2

. Find the rate of change at t = 2

Example 2 The volume, V litres of water in a tank after t seconds is given by (a) What is the initial volume of water?

V =5

2 t+1

(b)

Find the rate at which the volume of water is increasing when t = 3

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Chapter 8: Differentiation

RATE OF CHANGE (APPLICATION OF THE CHAIN RULE)

Example 3 Consider area of a circle is

r2

and r is the radius of a function of t given as

r = 3t + 1

. Find the rate of change of the area

Example 4 The radius of a circle increases at the rate of when (a) the radius is 5 cm

3 cm s1. Find the rate of change of the area

(b)

the area is

4 cm2

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