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Related Rates: Rectangles & Triangles

The document outlines a step-by-step process for solving related rates problems involving rectangles and triangles. It provides specific examples, including calculating the rate of change for the perimeter and area of a rectangle and the hypotenuse and area of a triangle, with given rates of change for their dimensions. The steps emphasize drawing diagrams, organizing variables, forming equations, and deriving solutions.

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Related Rates: Rectangles & Triangles

The document outlines a step-by-step process for solving related rates problems involving rectangles and triangles. It provides specific examples, including calculating the rate of change for the perimeter and area of a rectangle and the hypotenuse and area of a triangle, with given rates of change for their dimensions. The steps emphasize drawing diagrams, organizing variables, forming equations, and deriving solutions.

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Related Rates #2: Rectangles and Triangles

Steps:
1. Draw and label a picture
2. Write down all variables including rates of change in a table
3. Write an equation (NO quantities that are “changing” may be used
4. *Get equation in terms of one variable - You may need a second equation
5. Take derivative with respect to t
6. Substitute in values from the table and solve
7. *Answer the question in a complete sentence.

1) A rectangle has a length of 16 inches and a width of 10 inches, whose sides are changing. The length is
increasing by 3 in and the width is decreasing by 2 in .
sec sec
What is the rate of change in the rectangle’s (a) Perimeter? (b) Area?

2) A triangle has legs of 12 inches and 9 inches, whose sides are changing. The short leg is increasing
4 in and the long leg is growing by 2 in .
sec sec
What is the rate of change in the triangle’s (a) Hypotenuse? (b) Area?

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