How Fast is the Height of a Gravel Cone Increasing?

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The discussion focuses on calculating the rate of increase of the height of a gravel cone formed by gravel dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of 30 ft³/min. The cone's volume is expressed as V = (1/3)πr²h, with the relationship between the radius and height defined as r = h/2. By substituting this relationship into the volume formula and differentiating with respect to time, the equation dV/dt = (π/4)h²(dh/dt) is derived. When h = 10 ft, the rate of height increase dh/dt is calculated to be 30 = (π/4)(10²)(dh/dt), leading to the final solution for dh/dt.

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Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of
$30\displaystyle\frac{ ft}{min}$
and its coarseness is such that it forms a pile in the shape of a cone whose base diameter and height are always equal.
How fast is the height of the pile increasing when the pile is
$10 ft$ high?

$$V=\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h$$
 
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Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of $$30\,\frac{\text{ft}^3}{\text{min}}$$

This tells us, if we let all measures of length be in feet, and all measures of time be in minutes, that we may write:

$$\d{V}{t}=30$$

and its coarseness is such that it forms a pile in the shape of a cone:

This tells is we may write:

$$V=\frac{\pi}{3}r^2h$$

whose base diameter and height are always equal:

This tells is we may write:

$$2r=h\implies r=\frac{h}{2}$$

How fast is the height of the pile increasing when the pile is 10 ft high?

This tells us we want to find $$\d{h}{t}$$ when \(h=10\).

I would begin by expressing the volume \(V\) of the cone as a function of \(h\):

$$V=\frac{\pi}{3}\left(\frac{h}{2}\right)^2h=\frac{\pi}{12}h^3$$

Now, implicitly differentiate w.r.t \(t\):

$$\d{V}{t}=\frac{\pi}{4}h^2\d{h}{t}$$

Can you finish?
 
$\displaystyle \d{V}{t}=\frac{\pi}{4}h^2\d{h}{t} $
since
$\d{V}{t}=30$and $h=10$
then$\displaystyle 30=\frac{\pi}{4}10^2\d{h}{t} $
so far
 
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