A can of soda measures 2.5 inches in diameter and 5 inches in height. If a full-can of soda gets spilled at a rate of 4 in^3/sec, how is the level of soda changing at the moment when the can of soda is half-full?
1 Answer
Mar 31, 2015
The level is decreasing at a rate of
The volume of liquid in the full can is given by:
The rate of loss of liquid is given by:
We want to know how the level
From
So
This is constant.
So from