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The altitude of the triangle is increasing at a rate of 1 cm/min.
\Area of the triangle is increasing at a rate of 2 cm2/min.
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Rate of change of altitude cm/min.
The area of the triangle is .
Rate of change of area of the triangle cm2/min.
Differentiate on each side with respect to .
Find rate of change of base, when the altitude is 10 cm and area is 100 cm2.
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Substitute and
in above expression.
Substitute ,
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and
in
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The rate of change of base with respect to time cm/min.
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The rate of change of base with respect to time cm/min.