Question : Solve problem involving rate of change for related quantities.

1. A conical container with radius is half of its height is filled with water at the rate of
3cm3s-1. Find the rate of change of the height of water, in cms -1 , when the radius is
7 cm.
[Answer : 0.01949 cms-1]

2. The cube with sides, x cm, will expand when it heated. At the length of 4cm, the
volume changes at the rate of 0.52cm3s-1. Find the rate of change of the length of x,
when x = 4cm.
[Answer : 0.01083 cms-1]

3. The volume of a hemisphere is decreasing at a constant rate of 1.02π cm3s-1. Find

the radius of the hemisphere at the instant when the radius is decreasing at a rate
of 0.1cms-1.
[Answer : 2.258 cm]

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4. The volume of water, V cm3 , in a container is given by 𝑉 = ℎ(ℎ 2 − 5), where h is
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the height of the water in the container. Water is poured into the container at the
rate of 15cm3s-1. Find the rate of changes of the height of water, in cms-1 , at instant
when h = 2cm.
[Answer : 2.8571 cms-1]

(HOTS) The volume of a cylinder increases at a rate of 2cm 3s-1 . The height, h cm, of
the cylinder is always twice the radius, j cm. Find the rate of change of the radius
when the radius is 8cm.
[Answer : 0.001658 cms-1]