AQA Paper 3 2022 June — Question 8

Exam BoardAQA
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicConnected Rates of Change

8 Water is poured into an empty cone at a constant rate of \(8 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 } / \mathrm { s }\) After \(t\) seconds the depth of the water in the inverted cone is \(h \mathrm {~cm}\), as shown in the diagram below.
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{6ad3bac9-bf08-443d-8be2-b0c26209ffe8-10_468_481_497_778} When the depth of the water in the inverted cone is \(h \mathrm {~cm}\), the volume, \(V \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 }\), is given by $$V = \frac { \pi h ^ { 3 } } { 12 }$$ 8
  1. Show that when \(t = 3\) $$\frac { \mathrm { d } V } { \mathrm {~d} h } = 6 \sqrt [ 3 ] { 6 \pi }$$ 8
  2. Hence, find the rate at which the depth is increasing when \(t = 3\)
    Give your answer to three significant figures.
    \(9 \quad\) Assume that \(a\) and \(b\) are integers such that $$a ^ { 2 } - 4 b - 2 = 0$$