BobbyJoeCool Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Extra Credit on the test (already taken)... Here's the question: You have a 5 meter long trough. A cross section of the trough is an isololes trapazoid with upper base 3 meters, lower base 2 meters and an altitude of 2 meters. You are pouring water into the trough at a rate of 1 cubic meter per second. What is the rate of change of the height of the water at a height of .5 meters... here is what I got out for givens and the variable I need to solve for... V'=1 l=5 b1=2 h=.5 h'=? [math]V=\tfrac{b_{1}+b_{2}}{2} \cdot h \cdot l[/math] b1 is 2, l=5, but I can't figure out b2! Then it's a simple matter of related rates, and diferentiate with respect to t... [math]V'=\tfrac{2+b_{2}}{2}\cdot 5 \cdot h'[/math] [math]1=\tfrac{2+b_{2}}{2}\cdot 5 \cdot h'[/math] [math]h'=\frac{1}{\tfrac{2+b_{2}}{2}\cdot 5}[/math] [math]h'=\frac{2}{5(2+b_{2})}[/math] SO I'm this close, but can't figure out this b2 (which is probably something simple... and I just can't think... It's been too long since Geometry) Can someone help me out (like pointing me in the right direction)?
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