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MATHEMATICS - CASE STUDY SOLUTION


Balloon
 

Air is being pumped into balloons at the rate off 8 cm3/sec. How fast does balloons' surface enlarge when the radius of the balloon is 10 cm3?

Let the radius of the balloon be r, the volume be v and the surface area is s.

The volume of the balloon is v = 4πr3/3. The derivative of the volume with respect to time is

     

The rate that air is being pumped into the balloon is 8 cm3/sec, so

     dv/dr = 4πr2dr/dt = 8

Therefore,

     dr/dt = 2/πr2

The surface area of the balloon is

     s = 4πr2

Thus the surface enlarge speed of the balloon is

     

Substitude dr/dt = 2/πr2 into ds/dr,

     

When the radius r is 10 cm,