University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
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Chapter 3 - Section 3.10 - Related Rates - Exercises - Page 187: 15

Answer

${\frac{dV}{dt}}=1 {\frac{volt}{sec}}$ ${\frac{dI}{dt}}={\frac{-1}{3}} {\frac{ampere}{sec}}$ ${\frac{dR}{dt}}={\frac{1}{I}({\frac{dV}{dt}-{\frac{V}{I}{\frac{dI}{dt}}}})}$ ${\frac{dR}{dt}}={\frac{3}{2}{\frac{ohm}{sec}}}$

Work Step by Step

a) Rate of increase in voltage is 1 volt per sec ${\frac{dV}{dt}}=1 {\frac{volt}{sec}}$ b) Rate of decreasing in current is ${\frac{dI}{dt}}={\frac{-1}{3}} {\frac{ampere}{sec}}$ c) To have${\frac{dR}{dt}}$ we have to solve $V=IR$ $R={\frac{V}{I}}$ ${\frac{dR}{dt}}={\frac{I\frac{dV}{dt}-{V\frac{dI}{dt}}}{I^2}}$ ${\frac{dR}{dt}}={\frac{1}{I}({\frac{dV}{dt}-{\frac{V}{I}{\frac{dI}{dt}}}})}$ d) From above equations a, b, c: ${\frac{dR}{dt}}={\frac{1}{I}({\frac{dV}{dt}-{\frac{V}{I}{\frac{dI}{dt}}}})}$ ${\frac{dR}{dt}}={\frac{1}{2}{(1-{\frac{12}{2}{\frac{-1}{3}}})}}$ where V=12 volt and I =2 amp ${\frac{dR}{dt}}={\frac{3}{2}{\frac{ohm}{sec}}}$
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