Solved on Nov 27, 2023
Find the rate of change of the area of a square as its sides increase at , when the sides are and long.
STEP 1
Assumptions1. The sides of the square are increasing at a constant rate of . . We want to find the rate of change of the area of the square when the sides are and long.
STEP 2
The area of a square is given by the square of the length of its side. If we denote the side length by and the area by , we have
STEP 3
We are given that the sides of the square are increasing at a rate of . This is the derivative of the side length with respect to time, or .
STEP 4
We want to find the rate of change of the area of the square, or . We can find this by differentiating the equation for with respect to time.
STEP 5
Using the chain rule, the derivative of with respect to time is .
STEP 6
Now we can substitute the given value of into the equation.
STEP 7
implify the equation.
STEP 8
Now we can find the rate of change of the area when the sides are long by substituting into the equation.
STEP 9
Calculate the rate of change of the area.
STEP 10
Next, we can find the rate of change of the area when the sides are long by substituting into the equation.
STEP 11
Calculate the rate of change of the area.
a. The area of the square is changing at a rate of when the sides are long.
b. The area of the square is changing at a rate of when the sides are long.
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