Math  /  Calculus

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Air is being removed from a spherical balloon so that its volume decreases at a rate of 190 cm3/s190 \mathrm{~cm}^{3} / \mathrm{s}. How fast is the radius of the balloon decreasing when the diameter is 10 cm ?
Do not include units in your answer. Your answer can be exact or approxinate, Ifitis approximate, round to three decimal places. 돈

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? How quickly is the balloon's radius shrinking at a specific moment? Watch out! Don't mix up diameter and radius!
Also, remember the rate of change is negative since the balloon is shrinking.

STEP 2

1. Set up the volume formula.
2. Differentiate with respect to time.
3. Plug in known values and solve.

STEP 3

We know the **volume** of a sphere is given by V=43πr3V = \frac{4}{3} \cdot \pi \cdot r^3.
This formula connects the volume (VV) and the radius (rr).

STEP 4

We want to find how the **rate of change** of the volume relates to the **rate of change** of the radius.
We can do this by differentiating both sides of the volume formula with respect to time (tt).
Think of VV and rr as functions of time.

STEP 5

Using the chain rule, we get dVdt=ddt(43πr3)=43π3r2drdt=4πr2drdt.\frac{dV}{dt} = \frac{d}{dt} \left( \frac{4}{3} \cdot \pi \cdot r^3 \right) = \frac{4}{3} \cdot \pi \cdot 3 \cdot r^2 \cdot \frac{dr}{dt} = 4 \cdot \pi \cdot r^2 \cdot \frac{dr}{dt}. This equation now relates the **rate of change of the volume** (dVdt\frac{dV}{dt}) to the **rate of change of the radius** (drdt\frac{dr}{dt}).

STEP 6

We're given that the volume is decreasing at a rate of 190 cm3/s190 \text{ cm}^3/\text{s}, so dVdt=190\frac{dV}{dt} = -190.
Notice the negative sign because the volume is *decreasing*.

STEP 7

We're also given that the diameter is 1010 cm at the moment we're interested in.
Since radius is half the diameter, the radius at that moment is r=102=5r = \frac{10}{2} = 5 cm.

STEP 8

Now, let's plug these values into our differentiated equation: 190=4π(5)2drdt.-190 = 4 \cdot \pi \cdot (5)^2 \cdot \frac{dr}{dt}.

STEP 9

Simplifying, we get 190=100πdrdt.-190 = 100 \cdot \pi \cdot \frac{dr}{dt}.

STEP 10

Now, we can **isolate** drdt\frac{dr}{dt} by dividing both sides by 100π100 \cdot \pi: drdt=190100π=1910π=1910π.\frac{dr}{dt} = \frac{-190}{100 \cdot \pi} = \frac{-19}{10 \cdot \pi} = -\frac{19}{10\pi}.

STEP 11

So, the radius is decreasing at a rate of 1910π\frac{19}{10\pi} cm/s.
Approximating to three decimal places, we get drdt0.605.\frac{dr}{dt} \approx -0.605.

STEP 12

The radius of the balloon is decreasing at a rate of approximately 0.605-0.605.

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