Connected Rates of Change

Differentiation: Connected Rates of Change - Edexcel Past Exam Questions

1. The volume of a spherical balloon of radius r cm is V cm3, where V = 4

3  r 3.

dV v' onr2
(a) Find . (1)
=

dr

The volume of the balloon increases with time t seconds according to the formula

dV 1000
= , t  0.
dt (2t  1) 2

dr
(b) Using the chain rule, or otherwise, find an expression in terms of r and t for . (2)
dt
E 1+1 tr 1
a
=
= +
-

Jan 06 Q7 (edited)

3. At time t seconds the length of the side of a cube is x cm, the surface area of the cube is S cm2,
and the volume of the cube is V cm3. v n3
-

S Gnn
=
=

The surface area of the cube is increasing at a constant rate of 8 cm2 s–1.

Show that Fz 8

dx k
(a) = , where k is a constant to be found, (4)
dt x

dV 1
(b) = 2V . 3
(4)
dt

June 06 Q7(edited)

a)on e
2v".
3)1V 2v .
-

= 2n=

2n
=

2 (n() "*
3
v = n

2n 2n
=

Inndn, date dv. Si

(provens
= ↓
⑧

I= IV.
12n
=k =
=
=

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4.

Figure 2

Figure 2 shows a right circular cylindrical metal rod which is expanding as it is heated. After
t seconds the radius of the rod is x cm and the length of the rod is 5x cm.
④ -
-

The cross-sectional area of the rod is increasing at the constant rate of 0.032 cm2 s–1.
dE
0.8
=
dx
(a) Find when the radius of the rod is 2 cm, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
dt
V22
(4)
(b) Find the rate of increase of the volume of the rod when x = 2. (4)
-
June 08 Q3

asIn. dw d
x

b]dv=1d 150 =

250" arh
A
+
=

327x4 2nm(S2)
+

vsnreh
10nn2
G(2) (sn)
+
221x2 =

127x2
=

:57n3

dA IV
21km 154n"
=

In
=

In
-

1S(
mea,
A 484
= n =
2,dv =

607
=
<m

In: # 0.032
d
= dv e
*

487 ,
dt

: ↓
15007
=600 x
1800
cms-
-

2.12 x 10
= 0.04cm"s-1

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5.
↑

24

Figure 2
1 W
h

*
N

A container is made in the shape of a hollow inverted right circular cone. The height of the
container is 24 cm and the radius is 16 cm, as shown in Figure 2. Water is flowing into the
container. When the height of water is h cm, the surface of the water has radius r cm and the
volume of water is V cm3. v
arch
=

(a) Show that V =

4h 3
.
. (y(3zh):
=
h
(2)
27
3h =1443
v
=

[The volume V of a right circular cone with vertical height h and base radius r is given by the
1
formula V =  r 2h .]
3

Water flows into the container at a rate of 8 cm3 s–1. I 8

=

ah...↓=h
(b) Find, in terms of π, the rate of change of h when h = 12. (5)
he
ah.dh d Jan 09 Q5

stcms+
=

1
⑭(2)
h
=
8
=
=
=

12 14n +

6.
the rate at which the radius r of the circle is increasing when the area of the circle is 2 cm2. (5)
⑥
The area A of a circle is increasing at a constant rate of 1.5 cm2 s–1. Find, to 3 significant figures,

dA de A 2
=

1.5
=

?
=

Jan 10 Q6

A M82
=

12 2
=

d.
-
24V Ar=dr.dA
v
z
=
v
0.2929,
=

: x 1.5

1.5958
0 10.7979
=

a=1.5958cm = 0.940cms+
r 0.7979
=

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7.

Figure 1

A hollow hemispherical bowl is shown in Figure 1. Water is flowing into the bowl.

When the depth of the water is h m, the volume V m3 is given by

- ~

1
V=  h2(3 – 4h), 0  h  0.25.
12
-
&

dV
,
(a) Find, in terms ofo when h = 0.1. (4)
dh


Water flows into the bowl at a rate of m3 s–1.
800

(b) Find the rate of change of h, in m s–1, when h = 0.1. (2)

June 11 Q3

a) v=
7th2
-

Y,th3
IV 14h
= - 422

.((0)(1
-

(0.1) 4

0.1,
n =
-

=0.0+Hm

b).. dn.d
d.
:
0.044)
x
=bms
-

h20)

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