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Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of 35 ft3/min and its coarseness is such that it forms a pile in the shape of a cone whose base diameter and height are always equal. How fast is the height of the pile increasing when the pile is 15 ft high

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Answer:

The height increase by

20/49π when pile is 14ft high

Step by step Explanation

Given:

rate of 20 ft3/min

To asolve this quest we will be using the volume of a cone then find the partial derivative

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Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of 35 ft3/min and its coarseness-example-1
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