Applications of

Derivatives
Related Rates

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Related Rates
Question 3 (Notes, page 1)
Given information:
According to the questions, it is talking about volume and height
of the cone. Lets form a formula that relates V and h.
(Both and are changing when the water level drops. We know
that , so we substitute)

Differentiate it:
Chain rule:

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Question 4 (Notes, page 1)
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When
the bottom of the ladder is pulled away from the wall, it means the length
from the wall to the foot of the ladder is increasing. And the top of the ladder will
be moving down. The length from the ground to the top of the ladder will be
decreasing.
Letting the length from the wall to the foot of the ladder be and the length from
the ground to the top be . Given , find .
Lets form a formula that relates and .

We need to differentiate this function. We can differentiate implicitly wrt .

Chain rule: ft/s

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