A spherical ice ball is melting at the rate of 100 cm³/min. The rate at which its radius is decreasing when its radius is 15 cm, is
A spherical ice ball is melting at the rate of 100 cm³/min. The rate at which its radius is decreasing when its radius is 15 cm, is
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
The ice ball is melting at a rate of 100π cm³/min. The radius at this moment is 15 cm.
For a sphere, the volume is:
Differentiating both sides with respect to time:
The volume is decreasing, so cm³/min.
At cm:
The negative sign indicates the radius is decreasing.
The radius is decreasing at a rate of cm/min.
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