Suppose that a tumor in a person’s body has a spherical shape and that treatment is causing the volume of the tumor to decrease at a rate of 18pi mm3 /????ℎ. At what rate is the radius decreasing when it is 3mm?

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Suppose that a tumor in a person’s body has a spherical shape and that treatment is causing the volume of the tumor to decrease at a rate of 18pi mm3 /????ℎ. At what rate is the radius decreasing when it is 3mm?

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