SPS SPS SM Pure 2020 October — Question 9

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM Pure (SPS SM Pure)
Year2020
SessionOctober
TopicConnected Rates of Change

9. Earth is being added to a pile so that, when the height of the pile is \(h\) metres, its volume is \(V\) cubic metres, where $$V = \left( h ^ { 6 } + 16 \right) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } } - 4$$
  1. Find the value of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } V } { \mathrm {~d} h }\) when \(h = 2\).
  2. The volume of the pile is increasing at a constant rate of 8 cubic metres per hour. Find the rate, in metres per hour, at which the height of the pile is increasing at the instant when \(h = 2\). Give your answer correct to 2 significant figures.