A bicycle cylindrical inner tube has a fixed length of and radius . The radius increases as the inner tube is pumped up. Air is being pumped into the inner tube so that the volume of air in the tube increases at a constant rate of .
- (a)
Find the radius of the inner tube after one minute.
- (b)
Find the rate at which the radius of the inner tube is increasing when .
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12(a)
1. Calculate the total volume of air pumped into the tube after one minute.
Time .
Volume .
2. Use the volume formula for a cylinder to find the radius.
The volume of the cylindrical tube is .
Given , we have:
(to 3 s.f.)
12(b)
1. Express the volume of the inner tube in terms of $r$
The inner tube is a cylinder with fixed length .
2. Differentiate $V$ with respect to $r$
3. Use the chain rule to find $\frac{\text{d}r}{\text{d}t}$ when $r = 2$
We are given .
By the chain rule,
When :
or
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