Question

The side of a cube is increasing at the rate of 3 cm / sec. If the ground of the cube is 10 cm. Find the rate of increase in its volume (cm ^ 3 / sec).​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the length of a side and V be the volume of the cube. Then,

V = x3.

\begin{align}\therefore \frac{dV}{dt}=3x^2.\frac{dx}{dt}\;\;\;[By\; Chain \;Rule]\end{align}

It is given that,

\begin{align} \frac{dx}{dt}=3 \;cm^2/s\end{align}

\begin{align}\therefore \frac{dV}{dt}=3x^2.(3) = 9x^2\end{align}

Thus, when x = 10 cm,

\begin{align} \frac{dV}{dt}=9 (10)^2=900 \;cm^3/s\end{align}

Hence, the volume of the cube is increasing at the rate of 900 cm3/s when the edge is 10 cm long.