SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: A pebble is dropped into a still pool, causing ripples in the form of concentric circles. The radius r of the outer circle is increasing at a

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Question 1006602: Please help me solve this problem:
A pebble is dropped into a still pool, causing ripples in the form of concentric circles. The radius r of the outer circle is increasing at a rate of 25cm/s. When the radius is 100cm, at what rate is the total area of the disturbed water increasing?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A for area is a function of time t, and so it r for radius.

, and Chain Rule is used.

Description gives .





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