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At a certain point in time, each dimension of a cube of ice is 30 cm and is decreasing at the rate of 2 cm/hr. How fast is the ice melting (losing volume)?

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recall that for a cube, all dimensions, length, width and height, are the same in value.

so, if say length = width = height = x, then the volume of the cube is V = x³, therefore


\bf V=x^3\implies \cfrac{dV}{dt}=\stackrel{chain~rule}{3x^2\cfrac{dx}{dt}}\quad \begin{cases} x=30\\ (dx)/(dt)=\stackrel{cm/hr}{2} \end{cases}\implies \cfrac{dV}{dt}=3(30)^2(2) \\\\\\ \cfrac{dV}{dt}=5400
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