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A Snowball's Rate of Change

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time t
0
Vary the slider to illustrate the related rates problem: If a snowball melts so that its surface area decreases at a rate of 1
2
cm
/min
, find the rate at which the diameter decreases when the diameter is 10
cm
.

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Problem from James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 4th ed., 1999, Page 257, #6.

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