document.write( "Question 1125312: GENERAL: Hailstones A hailstone (a small sphere of ice) is forming in the clouds so that its radius is growing at the rate of 1 millimeter per minute. How fast is its volume growing at the moment when the radius is 2 millimeters? [Hint: The volume of a sphere of radius r is V = 4/3*pi r^3.] \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #741612 by rothauserc(4718)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! take first derivative of V and r with respect to time \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "dV/dt = 3 * (4/3) * pi * r^2 * dr/dt = 4 * pi * r^2 * dr/dt \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "dV/dt = 4 * pi * 4 * 1 = 16 * pi is approximately 50.27 mm^3 per minute \n" ); document.write( ":\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |