AB Calculus Step-by-Step

19. Related Rates

Solution Version

Jen is running on a treadmill. The number of calories C she burns over t minutes is a
function of the number of minutes she has been on the treadmill T ( t ) and the angle of the
ramp R( t ) . The angle of the ramp is a number r from 1 to 10 where r = 1 is flat and
r 2t
r = 10 is very steep. Thus: C = T ( t ) + R( t ) where T ( t ) = 8t and R( t ) =
.
2
a. If she runs for 20 minutes at ramp angle 2, how many calories does she burn? (1)
C = 8(20) +

2 2 (20)
= 160 + 40 = 200 calories
2

1 pt for answer

b. If a is a constant and the ramp angle is 2, find the average rate of calories burned in calories/min from
t = 0 minutes to t = a minutes . (2)

2 2 ( a)
= 8a + 2a = 10a
2
10a ! 0 10 calories
Avg rate of change =
=
a!0
minute

C (0) = 0

C ( a) = 8a +

1 pt for C ( a)
1 pt for answer

c. At t = 10 minutes, find the instantaneous rate of change of calories burned when the ramp angle is 5. (1)

r 2t
25
= 8t + t
2
2
dC
25 41 20.5 calories
=8+
=
=
dt
2
2
minute

C = 8t +

1 pt for

dC
dt

d. At t = 10 minutes, the treadmill is at ramp angle 6 and the angle number is changing at

1
minute . Find
2

the instantaneous rate of change of the calories burned in calories/min. (3)

r2
1
pt
for
8
+
! 1$
dC
r 2 2rt dr
36
2
=8+ +
=8+
+ (6)(10)# &
2rt dr
" 2%
dt
2
2 dt
2
1 pt for
2 dt
dC
56 calories
= 8 + 18 + 30 =
2rt dr
dt
minute
1 pt for answer 1 pt max if
not used
2 dt

e. At t = 10 minutes, the treadmill is at ramp angle 6. If the instantaneous rate of change of the calories
burned is not changing at that moment, find the rate of change of the angle number of the ramp. (2)
dC
r 2 2rt dr
36
dr
=8+ +
=8+
+ (6)(10) = 0
dt
2
2 dt
2
dt
dr
dr "26 "13
26 + 60 = 0 !
=
=
min
dt
dt 60
30
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1 pt for student's

dC
=0
dt

1 pt for answer
Stu Schwartz