Calculate Rates of Change and Related Rates

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Calculus AB › Calculate Rates of Change and Related Rates

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Soap is sometimes used to determine the location of leaks in industrial pipes. A perfectly spherical soap bubble is growing at a rate of . What is the rate of change of the surface area of the bubble when the radius of the bubble is ?

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A pizzeria chef is flattening a circular piece of dough. The surface area of the dough (we are only considering the top of the dough) is increasing at a rate of 0.5 inches/sec. How quickly is the diameter of the pizza changing when the radius of the pizza measures 4 inches?

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A pizzeria chef is flattening a circular piece of dough. The surface area of the dough (we are only considering the top of the dough) is increasing at a rate of 0.5 inches/sec. How quickly is the diameter of the pizza changing when the radius of the pizza measures 4 inches?

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Soap is sometimes used to determine the location of leaks in industrial pipes. A perfectly spherical soap bubble is growing at a rate of . What is the rate of change of the surface area of the bubble when the radius of the bubble is ?

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A point on a circle of radius 1 unit is orbiting counter-clockwise around the circle's center. It makes one full orbit every 8 seconds. How fast is the coordinate changing when the line segment from the origin to the point, , forms an angle of radians above the positive x-axis?

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A point on a circle of radius 1 unit is orbiting counter-clockwise around the circle's center. It makes one full orbit every 8 seconds. How fast is the coordinate changing when the line segment from the origin to the point, , forms an angle of radians above the positive x-axis?

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The velocity of a car is given by the equation:

, where is the time in hours.

If the car starts out at a distance of 3 miles from its home, how far will it be after 4 hours?

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The velocity of a car is given by the equation:

, where is the time in hours.

If the car starts out at a distance of 3 miles from its home, how far will it be after 4 hours?

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A man is standing on the top of a 10 ft long ladder that is leaning against the side of a building when the bottom of the ladder begins to slide out from under it. How fast is the man standing on the top of the ladder falling when the bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the building and is sliding at 2ft/sec?

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A man is standing on the top of a 10 ft long ladder that is leaning against the side of a building when the bottom of the ladder begins to slide out from under it. How fast is the man standing on the top of the ladder falling when the bottom of the ladder is 6 ft from the building and is sliding at 2ft/sec?

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