Question 3

The radius of a circle is increasing uniformly at the rate of 3 cm/s. Find the rate at which the area of the circle is increasing when the radius is 10 cm.

Answer

The area of a circle (A) with radius (r) is given by,

A = πr2

Now, the rate of change of area (A) with respect to time (t) is given by,

\begin{align} \frac{dA}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}(\pi r^2).\frac{dr}{dt}=2\pi r\frac{dr}{dt}\;\;\;[By\; Chain \;Rule]\end{align}

It is given that,

\begin{align} \frac{dr}{dt}= 3\; cm/s\end{align}

\begin{align} \therefore \frac{dA}{dt}= 2\pi r(3)=6 \pi r \end{align}

Thus, when r = 10 cm,

\begin{align} \frac{dA}{dt}= 6\pi(10)=60 \pi\; cm^2/s \end{align}

Hence, the rate at which the area of the circle is increasing when the radius is 10 cm is 60π cm2/s.

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