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OpenStudy (anonymous):

an inverted right circular cone has height 40 cm and diameter 30 cm the cone initially filled with water but starts to leak at a constant rate of 4cm^3/sec.at point when the height of water in the cone is 8 cm,the radius of the water surface is decreasing at the rate of? i need extended answer

OpenStudy (dan815):

ok ill help u

OpenStudy (dan815):

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OpenStudy (dan815):

Volume of a cone =?

OpenStudy (dan815):

let me check something though... is the cone drawn like that or flipped

OpenStudy (anonymous):

nah it is flipped

OpenStudy (dan815):

ok that makes more sense because then u keep maintaining the same cone shape as u lose water

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1/3pie r^3h

OpenStudy (dan815):

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OpenStudy (dan815):

okay so \[V=\frac {\pi r^3h}{3}\]

OpenStudy (dan815):

Now if u notice the cone, by similar triangles, this ratio r/h is constant

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yap

OpenStudy (dan815):

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