Cone: related rates of dimensions

Given a cone with volume or other property as a function of height or radius, find the rate of change of one dimension from another.

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CAIE P1 2019 November Q5
7 marks Standard +0.3
5 \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{567c3d72-c633-4ae0-8605-f63f93d718c4-08_512_460_258_772} \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{567c3d72-c633-4ae0-8605-f63f93d718c4-08_462_85_260_1279} The diagram shows a solid cone which has a slant height of 15 cm and a vertical height of \(h \mathrm {~cm}\).
  1. Show that the volume, \(V \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 }\), of the cone is given by \(V = \frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi \left( 225 h - h ^ { 3 } \right)\).
    [0pt] [The volume of a cone of radius \(r\) and vertical height \(h\) is \(\frac { 1 } { 3 } \pi r ^ { 2 } h\).]
  2. Given that \(h\) can vary, find the value of \(h\) for which \(V\) has a stationary value. Determine, showing all necessary working, the nature of this stationary value.
Edexcel C4 Q6
10 marks Standard +0.3
\includegraphics{figure_2} Figure 2 shows a vertical cross-section of a vase. The inside of the vase is in the shape of a right-circular cone with the angle between the sides in the cross-section being \(60°\). When the depth of water in the vase is \(h\) cm, the volume of water in the vase is \(V\) cm\(^3\).
  1. Show that \(V = \frac{1}{9}\pi h^3\). [3]
The vase is initially empty and water is poured in at a constant rate of 120 cm\(^3\) s\(^{-1}\).
  1. Find, to 2 decimal places, the rate at which \(h\) is increasing
    1. when \(h = 6\),
    2. after water has been poured in for 8 seconds. [7]
AQA Paper 3 2022 June Q8
10 marks Standard +0.3
Water is poured into an empty cone at a constant rate of 8 cm³/s After \(t\) seconds the depth of the water in the inverted cone is \(h\) cm, as shown in the diagram below. \includegraphics{figure_8} When the depth of the water in the inverted cone is \(h\) cm, the volume, \(V\) cm³, is given by $$V = \frac{\pi h^3}{12}$$
  1. Show that when \(t = 3\) $$\frac{dV}{dh} = 6 \sqrt[3]{6\pi}$$ [4 marks]
  2. Hence, find the rate at which the depth is increasing when \(t = 3\) Give your answer to three significant figures. [3 marks]