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Rates of change

Model and solve related rates problems as instances of the chain rule including situations that involve surface area and volume of cones, pyramids and spheres, with and without technology.

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Related rates — draining cone

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Water empties from an inverted cone; similar triangles and the chain rule multiply dV/dh by dh/dt to match the given volume rate.

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