A conical paper cup is 10 cm tall with a radius of 10 cm. The cup is being filled with water so that the water level rises at a rate of 2 cm/sec. At what rate is water being poured into the cup when the water level is 8 cm?
1 Answer
Aug 5, 2016
Explanation:
the volume of a cone is
in this case, we can relate
we can make the volume a formula in a single variable
differentiating wrt time, it follows that
so to address the question