Advanced Related Rates Worksheet – Word Problems
Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________
1. A company manufactures a square metal plate. The length of each side increases at 0.4
cm/s. Find the rate at which the area of the plate is increasing when each side is 15 cm long.
2. A cube-shaped water tank is being expanded so that each edge increases at 0.08 m/s. Find
the rate at which the volume of the tank is increasing when each edge is 6 m.
3. A spherical balloon is being inflated. The radius increases at 0.12 cm/s. Find the rate at
which the volume is increasing when the radius is 10 cm.
4. A spherical soap bubble expands so that its radius increases at 0.05 cm/s. Find the rate at
which the surface area is increasing when the radius is 8 cm.
5. Water is pumped into a cylindrical tank of fixed radius 5 m. The water level rises at 0.15
m/s. Find the rate at which the volume of water is increasing.
6. A conical storage tank has a fixed height of 18 m. The radius of the water surface
increases at 0.2 m/s. Find the rate at which the volume of water is increasing when the
radius is 6 m.
7. A ladder 15 m long leans against a vertical wall. The bottom slides away from the wall at
0.8 m/s. Find the rate at which the top of the ladder slides down when the bottom is 9 m
from the wall.
8. A person walks east at 4 m/s from a point directly below a 12 m streetlight. Find the rate
at which the distance from the top of the streetlight to the person is increasing when the
person is 9 m from the pole.
9. A drone flies horizontally at a constant height of 120 m. It moves away from a control
tower at 18 m/s. Find the rate at which the distance between the drone and the tower is
increasing when the drone is 160 m horizontally from the tower.
10. A rectangular field has a fixed width of 20 m. Its length increases at 0.5 m/s. Find the
rate at which the area of the field is increasing.
11. A rectangle has a constant area of 96 m². The length increases at 0.4 m/s. Find the rate
at which the width is changing when the length is 12 m.
12. The radius of a circular oil spill increases at 0.3 m/s. Find the rate at which the area of
the spill is increasing when the radius is 15 m.
13. The radius of a circular ripple on a pond increases at 0.25 m/s. Find the rate at which
the circumference of the ripple is increasing.
14. A right circular cone has a height of 24 cm. The radius increases at 0.4 cm/s. Find the
rate at which the volume increases when the radius is 10 cm.
15. A company manufactures spherical metal balls. The surface area is increasing at 48π
cm²/s. Find the rate at which the radius is increasing when the radius is 6 cm.
16. A cube is melting so that its volume decreases at 54 cm³/s. Find the rate at which the
edge length is decreasing when each edge measures 9 cm.
17. A spherical balloon has a volume increasing at 96π cm³/s. Find the rate at which the
radius is increasing when the radius is 8 cm.
18. Water flows into a hemispherical bowl of radius 12 cm. The volume is V = πh²(12 − h/3).
If water enters at 24π cm³/s, find the rate at which the water depth is increasing when h = 6
cm.
19. A camera is 80 m from a rocket launch pad. The rocket rises vertically at 30 m/s. Find
the rate at which the distance between the camera and the rocket is increasing when the
rocket is 60 m above the ground.
20. A hot-air balloon rises vertically at 5 m/s while drifting horizontally at 12 m/s. Find the
rate at which its distance from the starting point is increasing 10 seconds after takeoff.