MATH 2301-102 and -103 Fall 2017 Calculus I Recitation 6 Week 6

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  1. The radius of a spherical cell is observed to decrease at a rate of \(2\) units/second when that radius is \(30\) units long. How fast is the volume of the cell decreasing at that point?
  2. At noon, ship \(A\) is 100 km directly south of ship \(B\). Ship \(A\) is sailing west at \(35\, \mathrm{km/hour}\) and ship \(B\) is sailing east at \(25\,\mathrm{km/hour}\).
    1. Draw and label a diagram illustrating this scenario.
    2. How fast is the distance between the ships changing at 3:00pm? (Do not try to simplify your answer.)
  3. A trough is \(10\, \mathrm{m}\) long and its ends have the shape of isosceles triangles that are \(5\, \mathrm{m}\) across at the top and have a height of \(3\, \mathrm{m}\). The trough is being filled with water at a rate of \(12\,\mathrm{m}^3/\mathrm{min}\).
    1. Draw and label a diagram illustrating this scenario.
    2. How fast is the water level rising when it is \(2\,\mathrm{m}\) deep? (Do not try to simplify your answer.)
  4. Two sides of a triangle are \(3\, \mathrm{m}\) and \(5\, \mathrm{m}\) in length and the angle between them is increasing at a rate of \(0.06\, \mathrm{rad/s}\).
    1. Draw and label a diagram illustrating this scenario.
    2. Find the rate at which the area of the traingle is increasing when the angle between the sides of fixed length is \(\pi/3\).

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