Question

"As you eat your apple, it is clear that the volume of the apple continues to decrease, but the surface area does not continue to increase. However, there must be some point in your eating that the surface area starts to decrease because eventually the apple gets smaller and smaller until only the core is left. Your job is to describe two methods of determining when the apple’s surface peaks and it must start to decrease."

Answer 1

I asked this question before, but I bumped it so many times that I have to wait about two days before bumping it again. The last thread, I was helped with other to find one method which is knowing that the peak must be if you take bites all around the apple without connecting them. I still need a method to know where the surface area of the apple must go down after each bite.

Answer 2

HInt:- Consider the apple to be a perfect sphere

Answer 3

I considered that from the beginning, but I am still not able to figure out another way to lower the SA with each bite.

Answer 4

This is also for trig summer homework and I haven't taken trig or algebra 2 yet.

Answer 5

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