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    The document contains 10 multi-part math word problems involving rates of change of geometric shapes and distances. The shapes include cones, cylinders, circles, rectangles, trapezoids, triangles, and a sheet of ice. Rates of change involve increasing and decreasing side lengths, radii, heights, distances over time. Solutions are provided for calculating the rates of change for the volume, area, or distance in each scenario.

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    1.

    The radius of a cone is increasing at a rate of 3 cm/s and the height of the cone is
    decreasing at a rate of 4 cm/s. At a certain instant, the radius is 8 cm and the height
    is 10 cm, what is the rate of change of the volume of the cone at that instant (in cubic
    1 2
    centimeters per second)? Note: V cone = π r h
    3
    224 π 3
    Ans: c m /s
    3

    2. The radius of the base of a cylinder is increasing at a rate of 1 meter per hour and
    the height of the cylinder is decreasing at a rate of 4 meters per hour. At a certain
    instant, the base of the radius is 5 meters, and the height is 8 meters. What is the
    rate of change of the volume of the cylinder at that instant (in cubic meters per
    2
    hour)? Note: V cylinder =π r h
    Ans: −20 π m3 /hr

    3. The radius of a circle is increasing at a rate of 3 cm/s. At a certain instant, the radius
    is 8cm. What is the rate of change of the area of the circle at that instant (in square
    centimeters per second)?
    Ans: 48 π c m2 / s

    4. The height of a rectangle is increasing at a rate of 11 cm/hr and the width of the
    rectangle is decreasing at a rate of 9 cm/hr. At a certain instant, the height is 3 cm
    and the width is 8 cm. What is the rate of change of the area of the rectangle at that
    instant (in square centimeters per hour)?
    Ans: 61 c m2 / s

    5. For a certain rectangle the length of one side is always three times the length of the
    other side.
    A. If the shorter side is decreasing at a rate of 2 inches/minute, at what are is the
    longer side decreasing?
    B. At what rate is the enclosed area decreasing when the shorter side is 6 inches
    long and is decreasing at a rate of 2 inches/minute?

    6. A thin sheet of ice is in the form of a circle. If the ice is melting in such a way that the
    area of the sheet is decreasing at a rate of 0 0.5 m2 /s , at what rate is the radius
    decreasing when the area of the sheet is 12 m2 ?

    7. One base of a trapezoid is decreasing at a rate of 8 km per second and the height of
    the trapezoid is increasing at a rate of 5 km per second. The other base of the
    trapezoid is fixed at 4 km. At a certain instant, the decreasing base is 12 km and the
    height is 2 km. What is the rate of change of the area of the trapezoid at that instant
    (in square kilometers per second)? Ans: 32 k m2 /s

    8. The base of a triangle is decreasing at a rate of 131313 millimeters per minute and


    the height of the triangle is increasing at a rate of 666 millimeters per minute. At a
    certain instant, the base is 555 millimeters, and the height is 111 millimeter. What is
    the rate of change of the area of the triangle at that instant (in square millimeters
    per minute)? Ans: 8.5 m m2 /min

    9. A person is standing 350 feet away from a model rocket that is fired straight up into
    the air at a rate of 15 ft /s. At what rate is the distance between the person and the
    rocket increasing
    A. 20 seconds after liftoff?
    B. 1 minute after liftoff?

    10. A plane is 750 meters in the air flying parallel to the ground at a speed of 100 m/s
    and is initially 2.5 km away from a radar station. At what rate is the distance between
    the plane and the radar station changing
    A. initially.
    B. 30 seconds after it passes over the radar station.

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