Differentiation

Differentiation

Secondary 4

An inverted cone has height \(12\text{ cm}\) and rim radius \(6\text{ cm}\).
Water enters at \(12\pi\text{ cm}^3/\text{s}\). When the water depth is \(h\) cm, water leaks out at \(\pi h\text{ cm}^3/\text{s}\).

  1. Show that \( \frac{\mathrm{d}h}{\mathrm{d}t}=\frac{4(12-h)}{h^2}, 0<h<12. \)

  2. Find \(\dfrac{\mathrm{d}h}{\mathrm{d}t}\) when \(h=4\) and when \(h=8\).

  3. Explain why doubling the depth does not simply halve its rate of increase.

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Answer:(b) Rates \(2\) and \(\frac14\text{ cm/s}\); (c) The second is one-eighth of the first.

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