The volume of a sphere is increasing at the rate of 8 cm3/s. Find the rate at which its surface area is increasing when the radius of the sphere is 12 cm.
we have, volume of sphere
where r is the radius of spere
Now, differentiating v w.r.t t, we get
and surface area of sphere
Then, differentiating s w.r.t t, we get
when
hence the surface area is increasing at the rate of when radius of sphere is 12 cm