Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 3 - Section 3.9 - Related Rates - 3.9 Exercises - Page 250: 28

Answer

The water level is rising at a rate of $~0.00164~ft/min$

Work Step by Step

Let $W$ be the width of the pool. Then $W = 20~ft$ Let $b_1$ be the distance across the bottom of the pool. Then $b_1 = 6~ft$ We can use similar triangles to write an expression for the distance $b_2$ across the top of the water in terms of the water level $h$: $b_2 = b_1+\frac{11h}{3} = 6~ft+\frac{11h}{3}$ We can differentiate both sides of the equation for the water volume with respect to $t$: $V = \frac{h}{2} (b_1+b_2)~W$ $V = \frac{h}{2} (6+6+\frac{11h}{3})~(20)$ $V = 10h~ (\frac{11h}{3}+12)$ $V = \frac{110}{3}h^2+120h$ $\frac{dV}{dt} = (\frac{220}{3}h + 120)~\frac{dh}{dt}$ $\frac{dh}{dt} = [\frac{1}{\frac{220}{3}h + 120}](\frac{dV}{dt})$ $\frac{dh}{dt} = [\frac{1}{\frac{220}{3}(5) + 120}](0.8)$ $\frac{dh}{dt} = 0.00164~ft/min$ The water level is rising at a rate of $~0.00164~ft/min~~$
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