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Calculator Technique For Solving Volume Flow Rate Problems in Calculus

This document discusses using a calculator technique to solve flow rate problems involving calculating the rate of change of water level in containers. It provides an example of calculating how fast the water level is rising in a conical tank when the water is 3.5 meters deep and being poured in at 2.15 cubic meters per minute. The traditional algebraic solution is shown, as well as using a calculator to set up the equation as a quadratic regression problem to directly calculate the rate of change from the given information. A second example problem involving a hemispherical bowl is also presented along with its traditional and calculator solutions.

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Calculator Technique For Solving Volume Flow Rate Problems in Calculus

This document discusses using a calculator technique to solve flow rate problems involving calculating the rate of change of water level in containers. It provides an example of calculating how fast the water level is rising in a conical tank when the water is 3.5 meters deep and being poured in at 2.15 cubic meters per minute. The traditional algebraic solution is shown, as well as using a calculator to set up the equation as a quadratic regression problem to directly calculate the rate of change from the given information. A second example problem involving a hemispherical bowl is also presented along with its traditional and calculator solutions.

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This is one of the series of post in calculator techniques in solving problems.

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also be interested in my previous posts: Calculator technique for progression
problems and Calculator technique for clock problems; both in Algebra.

Flow Rate Problem


Water is poured into a conical tank at the rate of 2.15 cubic meters per minute. The
tank is 8 meters in diameter across the top and 10 meters high. How fast the water
level rising when the water stands 3.5 meters deep.

Traditional Solution

rh=410
r=25h
Volume of water inside the tank

V=13r2h
V=13(25h)2h
V=475h3
Differentiate both sides with respect to time

dVdt=425h2dhdt
2.15=425h2dhdt
When h = 3.5 m

2.15=425(3.52)dhdt
dhdt=0.3492m/min

answer

Solution by Calculator

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MODE 3:STAT 3:_+cX2

X
0
10
5

Y
0
42
22

AC 2.15 3.5y-caret = 0.3492

answer

To input the 3.5y-caret above, do


3.5 SHIFT 1[STAT] 7:Reg 6:y-caret

What we just did was actually v = Q / A which is the


equivalent of

dhdt=dV/dtA for this problem.

Problem
Water is being poured into a hemispherical bowl of radius 6 inches at the rate of x cubic
inches per second. Find x if the water level is rising at 0.1273 inch per second when it is
2 inches deep?

Traditional Solution
Volume of water inside the bowl

V=13h2(3rh)
V=13h2[3(6)h]
V=13(18h2h3)
Differentiate both sides with respect to time

dVdt=13(36h3h2)dhdt
When h = 2 inches, dh/dt = 0.1273 inch/sec

dVdt=13[36(2)3(22)](0.1273)
x=7.9985in3/sec

answer

Calculator Technique
MODE 3:STAT 3:_+cX2

X
0
6
12

Y
0
62
0

AC 0.1273 2y-caret = 7.9985

answer

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