How to do the following question?

  1. How to find: given A=x100x2 and dxdt = 0.3, the valuue of dAdt when x = 8 is?

  2. A particle is moving along a curve with equation y=x2. If dxdt=2 at x=3, find dydt at that instant.

1 Answer
Jul 6, 2018

Take into account that dAdt=dAdxdxdt (chain rule)

So, there is a functional relationship between x and t. In this case is linear

1) Then dAdx=100x2x2100x2 at x=8 his value is dAdx=6646=143

dAdt=dAdxdxdt=1430.3=75 at x=8

2) By the same reason above, dydt=dydxdxdt=2x2=12 at x=3