JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Applications of Derivatives Question Bank Application in Mechanics and Rate Measurer

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    A spherical iron ball 10 cm  in radius is coated with a layer of ice of uniform thickness that melts at a rate of 50 cm3/min. When the thickness of ice is 5 cm, then the rate at which the thickness of ice decreases, is [AIEEE 2005]

    A)            \[\frac{1}{54\pi }\]cm/min

    B)            \[\frac{5}{6\pi }\] cm/min

    C)            \[\frac{1}{36\pi }\] cm/min

    D)            \[\frac{1}{18\pi }\] cm/min

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               \[V=\frac{4}{3}\pi \,{{(x+10)}^{3}}\] where x is thickness of ice.                    \[\therefore \] \[\frac{dV}{dt}=4\pi {{(10+x)}^{2}}\frac{dx}{dt}\]                    \[={{a}^{x}}{{b}^{2x-1}}{{(\log a{{b}^{2}})}^{2}}\]  At \[x=5\],\[\left( \frac{dx}{dt} \right)=\frac{1}{18\pi }cm/\min .\]


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