The length of a rectangle is decreasing at the rate of 4 cm/minute and the width is increasing at the rate of 3 cm/minute, then the rate of change of the perimeter is
The length of a rectangle is decreasing at the rate of 4 cm/minute and the width is increasing at the rate of 3 cm/minute, then the rate of change of the perimeter is
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 1
Let = length and = width of the rectangle.
Length is decreasing at 4 cm/min, so cm/min
Width is increasing at 3 cm/min, so cm/min
The perimeter of a rectangle is:
Differentiating both sides with respect to time:
Substituting the given values:
cm/min
The negative sign indicates the perimeter is decreasing.
Therefore, the rate of change of the perimeter is 2 cm/min decreasing.
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