Rate of Change of Quantities
Rate of Change of Quantities: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Application of Derivative, Rate of Change of Quantities, Instantaneous Rate of Change of a Function w.r.t. another Function, Marginal Cost, Instantaneous Rate of Change of a Function, etc.
Important Questions on Rate of Change of Quantities
The length of a rectangle is decreasing at the rate of and the width is increasing at the rate of When the rate of change of the perimeter, the area of the rectangle would be:

A ladder 5m long is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is pulled along the ground, away from the wall, at the rate of . How fast is its height on the wall decreasing when the foot of the ladder is 4m away from the wall?

A particle moves along a straight line according to the law where is in meter and is in second. Its velocity decreases in

Water is running into an underground right circular conical reservoir, which is deep and radius of its base is If the rate of change in the volume of water in the reservoir is , then the rate (in ) at which water rises in it, when the water level is , is

If the volume of a sphere is increasing at a constant rate, then the rate at which its radius is increasing,is

In which of the following range lies such that increases more rapidly than .

At which point on the parabola the rate of increase of the - coordinate is the same as the rate of the increase of - coordinate

If there is error in measuring the radius of Sphere, then .......... will be the percentage error in the surface area.

If and x increases at the rate of units per second, then the rate of change in slope of the curve when , is

A point on the parabola at which the ordinate increases at twice the rate of the abscissa is:

At which point on the parabola the rate of increase of the - coordinate is the same as the rate of the increase of - coordinate.

A point on the parabola at which the ordinate increases at twice the rate of the abscissa, is

The distance in meters covered by a body in t seconds, is given by
The body will stop after

There are two points moving along the axis which are given by Find velocity at which they are approaching each other at the time of encounter (in )

If the rate of change of area of rhombus with respect to it's side is equal to the side of rhombus, then the angles of rhombus are

The displacement is of the particle at time is given by . Find its velocity and acceleration at time .

The surface area of a spherical balloon is increasing at the rate of . If the volume of the balloon is increasing at , when the radius of the balloon is , then is

The approximate value of is (take )

The coordinate changes on the curve at the rate of , are the points on the curve at which the coordinate changes at the rate of , then the slope of

The population of a city grows at the annual rate of . What percentage increase is expected in years?
