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Calculus 1: Related Rates Problems

A 10 by 6 foot rectangular swimming pool is being filled. Find the rate at which the height of the water rises if the hose is pouring at 20ft3hour20 \frac{{ft}^3}{hour}

Find the rate of change of the height of the water level if the hose is pouring 2ft3m2 \frac{{ft}^3}{m}

A man is walking away from a lamp at 5fts5 \frac{ft}{s}

a. Find the rate at which the tip of his shadow is changing

b. Find the rate at which the length of his shadow is changing

A street light is at the top of a 16 ft tall pole. A woman 6 ft tall walks away from the pole with speed of 4 ft/sec along a straight path. How fast is the tip of her shadow moving when she is 35 ft from the base of the pole?

A cylindrical water tank with a radius of 4 meters is being filled with water at a constant rate of 2 cubic meters per minute. Find the rate at which the water level is rising when the water is 3 meters deep.

Use the function f(x)=x2+3x+10f(x) = -x^2 + 3x + 10 to answer the following: a. On the interval [2,6], what is the average rate of change?

b. On the interval (2,6), when does the instantaneous rate of change equal the average rate of change?