Quick Question

If the radius of a circle is increasing at a rate of 2 m/s, how fast is the area growing when the radius equals 4 meters?

Answer

A = π r2 implies that dA/dt = 2πr dr/dt. Thus, at the instant that r = 4, dA/dt = 2π(4)(2) = 16π.


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