| Oil spilled from a ruptured tanker spreads in a circle whose area increases at a constant rate of 5.5 mi²/hr. How rapidly is radius of the spill increasing when the area is 6 mi² ? The radius is increasing at mi/hr.

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| Oil spilled from a ruptured tanker spreads in a circle whose area increases at a constant rate of 5.5 mi-/hr. How rapidly is radius of the spill
increasing when the area is 6 mi² ?
The radius is increasing at
mi/hr.
Transcribed Image Text:| Oil spilled from a ruptured tanker spreads in a circle whose area increases at a constant rate of 5.5 mi-/hr. How rapidly is radius of the spill increasing when the area is 6 mi² ? The radius is increasing at mi/hr.
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