Example 1. Find the rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to its radius r when r = 3 cm.
Example 2. A balloon which always remains spherical, has a variable diameter (3/2)(2x + 3).
Determine the rate of change of volume with respect to x.
Example 3. Find the rate of change of the curved surface of a right circular cone of radius r and
height h with respect to change in radius.
Example 4. A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and waves move in circles at a speed of 3.5 cm per
second. At the instant when the radius of the circular wave is 7.5 cm, how fast is the enclosed area
increasing?
Example 5. The side of an equilateral triangle is increasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec. At what rate is
the area of the triangle increasing when the side of the triangle is 15 cm?
Example 6. If an edge of a variable cube is increasing at the rate of 0.5 cm/sec, at what rate is its
surface area increasing when its edge is 12 cm?
Example 7. If the area of a circle increases at a uniform rate, then prove that the perimeter varies
inversely as the radius. (NCERT Exemplar)
Example 8. The area of a circle of radius r increases at the rate of 5 cm^2/sec; find the rate at which
the radius increases. Also find the value of this rate when the circumference is 10 cm.
Example 13. The volume of a cube is increasing at a constant rate. Prove that the increase in its
surface area varies inversely as the length of an edge of the cube. (NCERT Exemplar)
Example 14. The volume of a spherical balloon is increasing at the rate of 25 cm^3/sec. Find the
rate of change of its surface area when its radius is 5 cm. (C.B.S.E. 2004)