4-6 Assignment

1. A spherical snowball is melting uniformly at a rate of 2 cm 3 / sec . How fast is

the radius decreasing when the diameter of the snowball is 6 cm?

2. Two cars leave from the same spot, one traveling east at a rate of 45 mph and the
other traveling south at a rate of 60 mph. How fast is the distance between them
changing 3 hours later?

3. A tank of water in the shape of an cone is leaking water at a constant rate of 2

ft 3 / hr. The base radius of the tank is 5 ft and the height is 14 ft.

a. How fast is the height of the water in the tank

r=5 changing when the depth of the water is 6 feet?
b. How fast is the radius of the top of the water
changing when the depth of the water is 6 feet?
h=14
4. A spot light is on the ground 20 feet away from a wall and a 6 ft tall person is
walking toward the wall at a rate of 2.5 ft/sec.
a. How fast is the height of the shadow changing when
the person is 8 feet from the wall?
b. Is the shadow increasing or decreasing in height at
this time? Explain.

wall person

20
feet

5. The y-coordinate moves along the curve 5 y 3  2 x 2  3 at a rate of 6 m/sec.

How fast is the x-coordinate moving when x = 2?