Contextual Applications of Differentiation
If the edge of a cube is increasing at a rate of , at what rate is the volume of the cube increasing when the edge length is ?
If the height of a cone is quadrupled while the radius remains the same, how does the volume change?
The volume quadruples.
The volume remains the same.
The volume doubles.
The volume triples.
What is the ratio of the volume of a cone to the volume of a cylinder with the same radius and height?
1:4
1:3
1:2
1:6
A spotlight on the ground shines on a wall m away; if a man m tall walks from the spotlight toward the wall at a speed of m/s, how fast is his shadow on the wall shrinking when he is half way to the wall?
The shadow does not shrink.
m/s
m/s
m/s
In related rates problems involving a right triangle whose sides are changing length over time, which mathematical rule is often used after writing an equation that relates its sides?
The law of sines ().
The Pythagorean theorem ().
The quadratic formula ().
The distance formula ().
What is the formula for the volume of a cone?
If the volume of a cone is halved while the height remains the same, how does the radius change?
The radius is halved.
The radius is divided by .
The radius remains the same.
The radius is multiplied by .

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If a balloon is being inflated such that its volume increases at a rate of , what is the rate of increase of the radius when the radius is , given that ?
When analyzing how fast a shadow grows as a person walks away from a light source, why would you prefer implicit differentiation over direct integration?
Integration does not consider instant rates of change which are necessary to solve related rates problems.
Implicit differentiation directly relates all changing quantities through their derivatives.
Direct integration requires an initial condition that may not be provided or relevant to related rates problems.
Implicit differentiation applies when relationships between variables are given implicitly rather than explicitly.
Which of the following is NOT a variable in the volume formula for a cone?
Height
Radius
All of the above
Slant height