Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1285740629
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 2 - Derivatives - 2.8 Related Rates - 2.8 Exercises - Page 187: 39

Answer

$\approx$ $0.132$ $Ω/s$

Work Step by Step

with $R_{1}$ = $80$ and $R_{2}$ = $80$ $\frac{1}{R}$ = $\frac{1}{R_{1}}+\frac{1}{R_{2}}$ $\frac{1}{R}$ = $\frac{1}{80}+\frac{1}{100}$ $R$ = $\frac{400}{9}$ differentiating $\frac{1}{R}$ = $\frac{1}{R_{1}}+\frac{1}{R_{2}}$ $-\frac{1}{R^{2}}\frac{dR}{dt}$ = $-\frac{1}{R_{1}^{2}}\frac{d{R_{1}}}{dt}-\frac{1}{R_{2}^{2}}\frac{d{R_{2}}}{dt}$ $\frac{dR}{dt}$ = $R^{2}[\frac{1}{R_{1}^{2}}\frac{d{R_{1}}}{dt} +\frac{1}{R_{2}^{2}}\frac{d{R_{2}}}{dt}]$ $\frac{dR}{dt}$ = $\frac{400^{2}}{9^{2}}[\frac{1}{80^{2}}(0.3)+\frac{1}{100^{2}}(0.2)]$ $\approx$ $0.132$ $Ω/s$
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