A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its radius is decreasing at a rate of 0.1 cm/min. At what rate is the volume of the snowball decreasing when the radius is 8 cm. (Note the answer is a positive number).   The altitude of a triangle is increasing at a rate of 22 centimeters/minute while the area of the triangle is increasing at a rate of 55 square centimeters/minute. At what rate is the base of the triangle changing when the altitude is 1010 centimeters and the area is 8484 square centimeters?

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A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its radius is decreasing at a rate of 0.1 cm/min. At what rate is the volume of the snowball decreasing when the radius is 8 cm. (Note the answer is a positive number).

 

The altitude of a triangle is increasing at a rate of 22 centimeters/minute while the area of the triangle is increasing at a rate of 55 square centimeters/minute. At what rate is the base of the triangle changing when the altitude is 1010 centimeters and the area is 8484 square centimeters?

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