Calculate the instantaneous rate of change of the volume, Mathematics

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Assume that the amount of air in a balloon after t hours is specified by

                                            V (t ) = t 3 - 6t 2 + 35

Calculate the instantaneous rate of change of the volume after 5 hours.

Solution

The first thing that we need to do is get a formula for the average rate of change of the volume.  In this case it is,

 A.R.C. = V (t ) - V (5)/(t-5)= t 3 - 6t 2 + 35 -10 /t - 5  =t 3 - 6t 2 + 25 /t - 5

To calculate the instantaneous rate of change of the volume at t = 5 we only have to pick values of t that are getting closer & closer to t = 5 .  Following is a table of values of t and the average rate of change for those values.

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Thus, from this table it looks like the average rate of change is approaching 15 and thus we can calculate that the instantaneous rate of change is 15 at this point.


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