Sammy has a rectangular doormat on her porch. The mat is \dfrac45\text{ m} 5 4 mstart fraction, 4, divided by, 5, end fraction
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Answer:
Rate of change of the area of the square is 42 units at t = 2.
Step-by-step explanation:
We note that the area of the square is given by: but we aim to find
. But we can use the chain rule to pull out that dA/dt. Doing so gives us:
Now, (by the power rule and
But since we have "x" and not "t", we want to find what x is when t = 2. Substituting t = 2 gives us x(2) = 3(2) + 1 = 7.
So, finally, we see that: