A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its radius is decreasing at rate of 0.2 cm/min. At what rate is the volume of the snowball decreasing when the radius is 14 cm. (Note the answer is a positive number).

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A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its radius is decreasing at rate of 0.2 cm/min. At what
rate is the volume of the snowball decreasing when the radius is 14 cm. (Note the answer is a positive
number).
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Transcribed Image Text:A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its radius is decreasing at rate of 0.2 cm/min. At what rate is the volume of the snowball decreasing when the radius is 14 cm. (Note the answer is a positive number). cm3 min 4 Hint: The volume of a sphere of radius r is V 3 esc @ 23 2$ % & * 3 4 9 tab e r y u a d f k
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