Question

Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of 40 ft3/min, and its coarseness is such that it forms a pile in the shape of a cone whose base diameter and height are always equal. How fast is the height of the pile increasing when the pile is 15 ft high

Answer 1

The height is increasing at the rate of (6/5π) ft/min.

It is given that Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of 40 ft3/min. Also, its coarseness is such that it forms a pile in the shape of a cone whose base diameter and height are always equal.

For this, we need to find the volume of a cone. Volume is a scalar quantity expressing the amount of three-dimensional space enclosed by a closed surface.

The volume of a cone is - V=1/3hπr²

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