The sides of an equilateral triangle are increasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec. The rate at which the area increases when the side is 10 cm, is
The sides of an equilateral triangle are increasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec. The rate at which the area increases when the side is 10 cm, is
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
An equilateral triangle has sides increasing at 2 cm/sec. The rate at which the area increases when the side is 10 cm needs to be found.
For an equilateral triangle with side :
Differentiating both sides with respect to time :
The term appears due to the chain rule, since changes with time.
Given:
cm
cm/sec
Substituting these values:
cm²/sec
Therefore, the area increases at a rate of cm²/sec.
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