Related Rates Cone Example (Calculus)

This video is about Calculus Related Rates. We discuss some practical steps for approaching related problems such as: Drawing a diagram, write down what you know and what you want to find, writing an equation relating the variables, implicit differentiation, solving for the unknown quantity. We look at a related rate problem involving a cone in this math video tutorial by Mario's Math Tutoring.

0:12 Example 1 Related Rate Calculus Cone Problem
0:42 First Step is to Draw a Diagram
1:02 Second Step Write Down What We Know and What We Want to Find
1:42 Third Step Write an Equation that Relates the Knowns with Unknowns
1:55 Using Similar Triangles to Write a Proportion
3:23 Substitute to Get Everything In Terms of h
4:01 Do Implicit Differentiation With Respect to Time t
4:47 Substitute Known Values and Solve For Unknown

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[thirdly]

Since you know that r=3h/4, why didn't you substitute the given h=3? That will make r=9/4 right? Is there a reason behind why you haven't made this method? I am confused. I hope you see this. Thanks!

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[allaindeleon]

so the answer is 6.21 rounded to the nearest hundreds

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