Solve the Most Common Related Rates Problems | Outlier.org

Related Rates Problems often describe scenarios that aren’t the most realistic. This is often to limit how complex the math gets. Once you can get past the storyline, these types of questions are a great application of implicit differentiation – and an even greater reminder that calculus has real utility. This lesson covers a framework to solve any related rates problem and walks through the classic ladder and shadow versions.

Dr. Tim Chartier is an award-winning professor of mathematics and computer science at Davidson College. He serves as an expert resource for major news organizations such as NPR, the New York Times, Bloomberg TV, and CBS.

Chapters:
0:00 Follow these Steps
1:32 Ladder Problem
10:31 Shadow Problem

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[jdubluffy]

Thank you so much! I was having so much trouble with these questions 😅

[danielpuette]

Or you could've just moved x over and taken the square root of y, then differentiated. Save yourself from having to worry about y