Related Rates Basics
Common Scenarios
100

A circle's radius is increasing. Which formula relates its area and radius?

A=πr2

100

A ladder sliding down a wall is an example of what topic?

Related Rates

200

A balloon's radius is increasing at 2 cm/s. What variable represents the rate of change of volume?

dV/dt

200

A person walking away from a streetlight creates a changing ____?

Shadow

300

In related rates problems, what is usually changing?

Time

300

When a balloon expands, what variable is increasing?

Radius

400
What step do you take after writing an equation relating variables.

Differentiate with respect to time.

400

What math concept is commonly used in shadow problems?

Trigonometry

500

What differentiation method is most commonly used to solve related rates?

Implicit differentiation 

500

What shape is commonly used in balloon related rates problems?

Spheres

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