A conical vessel, whose vertical angle is as shown in the diagram, has water poured into it at such a rate that after seconds, the depth of the water is and the radius of the water surface is .

- (a)
Show that the volume of water, .
- (b)
Given further that the volume of water, , find the rate of which the water level is increasing after 3 seconds.
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Worked solution
6(a)
1. Express the radius $r$ in terms of the depth $x$ using trigonometry.
From the diagram, the vertical angle is . The right-angled triangle formed by the radius , depth , and the slanted side has an angle of at the vertex.
2. Substitute $r$ into the formula for the volume of a cone.
The volume of a cone is .
Here, .
3. Simplify the expression to show the required result.
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