Home
Class 12
MATHS
A spherical ball of salt is dissolving i...

A spherical ball of salt is dissolving in water in such a manner that the rate of decrease of volume at any instant is proportional to the surface. Prove that the radius is decreasing at a constant rate.

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES

    CBSE COMPLEMENTARY MATERIAL|Exercise 6 MARK QUESTIONS|13 Videos
  • APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES

    CBSE COMPLEMENTARY MATERIAL|Exercise 2 MARK QUESTIONS|20 Videos
  • APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRALS

    CBSE COMPLEMENTARY MATERIAL|Exercise FOUR/SIX MARK QUESTIONS|26 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A spherical balloon is being inflated so that its volume increase uniformaly at the rate of 40 cm^(3)//"minute" . The rate of increase in its surface area when the radius is 8 cm, is

If the volume of a sphere is increasing at a constant rate, then the rate at which its radius is increasing, is

A growing raindrop. Suppose that a drop of mist is a perfect sphere and that, through condensation, the drop picks up moisture at a rate proportional to its surface area. Show that under these circumstances the drop's radius increases at a constant rate.

Suppose that water is emptied from a spherical tank of radius 10 cm. If the depth of the water in the tank is 4 cm and is decreasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec, then the radius of the top surface of water is decreasing at the rate of

The rate of change of surface area of a sphere of radius r when the radius is increasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec is proportional to

A small spherical ball falling under gravity in a viscous medium heat the medium due to viscous drage force. The rate of heating is proportional to r^(n) . ( r= radius of the sphere find ) n .

The radius of spherical bubble is changing with time. The rate of change of its volume is given by :

If the rate of change in volume of spherical soap bubble is uniform then the rate of change of surface area varies as

CBSE COMPLEMENTARY MATERIAL-APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES-4 MARK QUESTIONS
  1. A man of 2 metres height walks at a uniform speed of 6 km/hr away from...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone with ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A spherical ball of salt is dissolving in water in such a manner that ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A conical vessel whose height is 10 meters and the radius of whose bas...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. xa n dy are the sides of two squares such that y=x-x^2 . Find the rate...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. The length of a rectangle is increasing at the rate 3.5 cm/sec. and it...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. If the area of circle increases at a uniform rate, then prove that the...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Show that f(x)=x^(3)-6x^(2)+18x+5 is an increasing function for all x ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Determine whether the following function is increasing or decreasing i...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Determine for which values of x, the function y=x^(4)-(4x^(3))/(3) is ...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Find the interval of increasing and decreasing of the function f(x) =(...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Find the intervals in which function f(x) = sin x-cos x, 0 lt x lt 2pi...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Show that f(x)=x^(2)e^(-x), 0 le x le 2 is increasing in the indicated...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Prove that y=(4sintheta)/((2+costheta)-theta is an increasing function...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Find the intevals in which the following functionis decreasing. f(x) =...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Find the interval in which the function f(x)=5x^((3)/(2))-3x^((5)/(2))...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Show that f(x)=tan^(-1)(sinx+cosx) is an increasing function on the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Find the interval in which the function f(x) =cos^(-1) ((1-x^(2))/(1+x...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Find intervals in which the function given by f(x)=3/(10)x^4-4/5x^3-3x...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve (x^(2))/(a^(2))-(y^(2))/...

    Text Solution

    |