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y = 3x2 + 6x 9

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Find the derivative. One can assume this means find y' or

3x2 + y2 = 3x y3 + 4 Find the derivative. One cannot assume anything.

Explicit

Implicit

3x2 + y2 = 3x y3 + 4 Find

dy
.
dx

Two choices:

1.

2.

4x2 - 3y = 2 + 4xy2

find

dy
dx

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Freshmen Page 142 1
JV Page 142 7, 11, 15, 21, 22, 28

dy
.
dx

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d2 y
3x + y = 3x y + 4 find
.
dx 2
2

Homework
Varsity Page 142 35, 43, 47, 49

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Related Rates
A rock is dropped in a pond and the circular ripples created by the rock expand at a rate such that the area
within the ripple(s) increases at a constant rate of 4 in2/min. When the ripple has a radius of 6 inches, find the
rate at which the radius is changing.

Steps to solve related rates questions:

1. Draw

2. Label

3. Write

4. Differentiate

5. Solve

6. Answer question with short sentence including units.

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A point is moving on the graph of y = 3x3 - 5x2 + 2 in such a way that its x-coordinate is changing at the

constant rate of 4 units per second. At what rate is y-coordinate changing, when the point has an x-coordinate
of 2?

Homework
Varsity Page 149 7a, 13 (at x = 1), 20
A rectangular fish tank is being filled with water at rate of 0.3 m3/min. If the dimensions of the tank are:
2m x 3m x 4m ( l x w x h), find that rate at which the water level is rising when the depth of the water is 1m.

Homework
Varsity Page 149

19, 27a,b,c (use 7 ft. only), 30a

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Coal is falling off of a conveyor belt and forming a conical pile. The height of the pile is always twice the
diameter of the pile. If the coal is falling at the rate of 200 ft3/min, find that rate at which the height of the
pile is increasing when the height is 100 feet.

Homework
Varsity Page 149 23, 31, 32

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A five foot tall woman walks away from a 15 foot tall light pole (the light is at the top), at the rate of 4
feet/sec. At the moment the woman is 20 feet from the pole find how fast her shadow is growing. Find how
fast the tip of her shadow is moving.

An observer 2 miles from a launch site watches a rocket take off. The angle of elevation of the observers
line of sight is changing at a rate of 200 radians per second when the angle is /4. At that moment find how
fat the rocket is traveling.

Homework
Varsity Page 149 36