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​​​​​​​11. The surface area of a cube is increasing at the rate

of 600cm? /hr. At what rate is the cube's
volume changing when the edge of the cube is 10cm?

User Mpaf
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Explanation:

It is given the SURFACE AREA is increasing at 600cm^2 /hr.

(When the edge of the cube is 10 cm.....the surface area is 600 cm^2 )

We need to find how fast the side length is increasing ....then use this to calculate the dV/dt rate

Surface area = L x L x 6

SA = 6 L^2 <===== solve for 'L'

L = sqrt ( 1/6 SA) = (1/6 * SA) ^ 1/2 now differentiate with respect to 't'

dL/dt = 1/12 SA^( -1/2) dSA/dt <==== d SA / dt is given as 600 cm^2 / hr

= 1/12 (600)^( -1/2) * 600 = 2.041 cm/hr <==side length rate of change

volume = L x L x L = L^3 <====== differentiate with respect to 't'

dv/dt = 3 L^2 dL / dt <==== sub in the value we calc'd for dL/dt

3 (10)2 (2.041 ) = 612.3 cm 3 /hr

Let me know if this is incorrect and I will reevaluate !

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