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Related rates 2008-10-16
From Gisela:
As sand leaks out of a hole in a container, it forms a conical pile whose altitude is always the same as its radius. If the height of the pile is increasing at a rate of 6 in/min, find the rate at which the sand is leaking out when the altitude is 10in.
Answered by Penny Nom.
A pile of sand 2001-05-14
From Gul:
  1. Sand for use on icy roads is stored in a conical pile 14.2 m high and with a base diameter of 34.4 m
    • calculate the volume of the pile

    • if one sander can take 6.9 m of sand, how many sanders can be filled from the pile?

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