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Solving Related Rates Problems Quiz

1. A tube is being stretched while maintaining its cylindrical shape. The height is increasing at the rate of 2 millimeters
per second. At the instant that the radius of the tube is 6 millimeters, the volume is increasing at the rate of
cubic millimeters per second. Which of the following statements about the surface area of the tube is true at this
instant? (The volume of a cylinder with radius and height is . The surface area of a cylinder, not
including the top and bottom of the cylinder, is .)
(A) The surface area is increasing by square millimeters per second.
(B) The surface area is decreasing by square millimeters per second.
(C) The surface area is increasing by square millimeters per second.
(D) The surface area is decreasing by square millimeters per second.

2. A particle moves on the hyperbola for time seconds. At a certain instant, and .
Which of the following is true about at this instant?
(A) is decreasing by 4 units per second.
(B) is increasing by 4 units per second.
(C) is decreasing by 1 unit per second.
(D) is increasing by 1 unit per second.

3.

The figure above shows a Ferris wheel with radius 5 meters as Jalen, whose eye level is at point , watches
his friend, Ashanti, ride in one of the cars as the wheel turns. Let denote the distance from Jalen to Ashanti’s car.
The diagram indicates the center of the Ferris wheel at the point and the position of Ashanti’s car at the
point . If and are functions of time , in seconds, what is the rate of change of when , ,
and ? (The equation of a circle with radius and center is .)

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(A) , so Ashanti is moving toward Jalen at a rate of approximately 0.47 meter per second.

(B) , so Ashanti is moving away from Jalen at a rate of approximately 0.36 meter per second.

(C) , so Ashanti is moving away from Jalen at a rate of approximately 0.47 meter per second.

(D) , so Ashanti is moving away from Jalen at a rate of 13.5 meters per second.

4. A piece of rubber tubing maintains a cylindrical shape as it is stretched. At the instant that the inner radius of the
tube is 2 millimeters and the height is 20 millimeters, the inner radius is decreasing at the rate of 0.1 millimeter per
second and the height is increasing at the rate of 3 millimeters per second. Which of the following statements about
the volume of the tube is true at this instant? (The volume of a cylinder with radius and height is
.)
(A) The volume is increasing by cubic millimeters per second.
(B) The volume is decreasing by cubic millimeters per second.
(C) The volume is increasing by cubic millimeters per second.
(D) The volume is decreasing by cubic millimeters per second.

5. A particle moves on the hyperbola for time seconds. At a certain instant, and .
Which of the following is true about at this instant?
(A) is decreasing by 10 units per second.
(B) is increasing by 10 units per second.
(C) is decreasing by 5 units per second.
(D) is increasing by 5 units per second.

6.

A model car travels around a circular track with radius 5 feet. Let denote the distance between the model car
and a fixed point that is 20 feet to the left of the center of the circular track. The diagram above indicates the fixed
point at the origin, the center of the circular track at the point , and the position of the car at the point .
is the length of the line segment from the origin to the point . If and are functions of time , in seconds,
what is the rate of change of when , , and ? (The equation of a circle with radius and
center is .)

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(A) , so the distance between the model car and the fixed point is constant.
, so the model car is moving away from the fixed point at a rate of approximately 1.7 feet per
(B)
second.
, so the model car is moving toward the fixed point at a rate of approximately 1.7 feet per
(C)
second.
(D) , so the model car is moving away from the fixed point at a rate of 80 feet per second.

7. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label any
functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give mathematical reasons,
and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems, properties, definitions, or tests are
applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and completeness of your methods as well as your answers.
Answers without supporting work will usually not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is given as a
decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
is a real number.

A sculptor uses a constant volume of modeling clay to form a cylinder with a large height and a relatively small
radius. The clay is molded in such a way that the height of the clay increases as the radius decreases, but it retains
its cylindrical shape. At time , the height of the clay is 8 inches, the radius of the clay is 3 inches, and the
radius of the clay is decreasing at a rate of inch per minute.

(a) At time , at what rate is the area of the circular cross section of the clay decreasing with respect to time?
Show the computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.

(b) At time , at what rate is the height of the clay increasing with respect to time? Show the computations
that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure. (The volume of a cylinder with radius and height is
given by .)

(c) Write an expression for the rate of change of the radius of the clay with respect to the height of the clay in
terms of height and radius .

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8. NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS QUESTION.

Show all of your work, even though the question may not explicitly remind you to do so. Clearly label any
functions, graphs, tables, or other objects that you use. Justifications require that you give mathematical reasons,
and that you verify the needed conditions under which relevant theorems, properties, definitions, or tests are
applied. Your work will be scored on the correctness and completeness of your methods as well as your answers.
Answers without supporting work will usually not receive credit.

Unless otherwise specified, answers (numeric or algebraic) need not be simplified. If your answer is given as a
decimal approximation, it should be correct to three places after the decimal point.

Unless otherwise specified, the domain of a function is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
is a real number.

A constant volume of pizza dough is formed into a cylinder with a relatively small height and large radius. The
dough is spun and tossed into the air in such a way that the height of the dough decreases as the radius increases,
but it retains its cylindrical shape. At time , the height of the dough is inch, the radius of the dough is
inches, and the radius of the dough is increasing at a rate of inches per minute.

(a) At time , at what rate is the area of the circular surface of the dough increasing with respect to time?
Show the computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.

(b) At time , at what rate is the height of the dough decreasing with respect to time? Show the
computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure. (The volume of a cylinder with radius and
height is given by .)

(c) Write an expression for the rate of change of the height of the dough with respect to the radius of the dough in
terms of height and radius .

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