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At a sand & gravel plant, sand is falling off a conveyor and onto a conical pile at a rate of 16 cubic feet per minute. The diameter of the base of the cone is approximately three times the altitude. At what rate is the height of the pile changing when the pile is 12 feet high?

dV/dt = 16 ft^3/min

V = (1/3)*pi*R^2*H
= (1/12)*pi*D^2*H = (1/12)*pi^(3H)^2*H
= (3/4)*pi*H^3

dV/dt = (9/4)*pi*H^2*dH/dt = 16

Solve for dH/dt when H = 12

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To find the rate at which the height of the pile is changing, we can use related rates and the formula for the volume of a cone.

Let's denote the following variables:
- d: Diameter of the base of the cone
- r: Radius of the base of the cone
- h: Height of the pile
- V: Volume of the cone

Given that the diameter is approximately three times the altitude, we can write: d = 3h/3 = h.

The formula for the volume of a cone is V = (1/3) * π * r^2 * h.

We know that sand is falling off the conveyor at a rate of 16 cubic feet per minute, so dV/dt = -16 (negative because the volume is decreasing).

Since d = h, we can substitute d for h in the formula for the volume: V = (1/3) * π * (h/2)^2 * h.

Differentiating both sides of the equation with respect to time (t), we get:

dV/dt = (1/3) * π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt + (1/3) * π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt + π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt

and substituting dV/dt = -16, we have:

-16 = (1/3) * π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt + (1/3) * π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt + π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt

Simplifying:

-16 = 3 * (1/3) * π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt + π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt

-16 = (h/4)^2 * dh/dt + π * (h/2)^2 * dh/dt

-16 = (h^2/16) * dh/dt + (πh^2/4) * dh/dt

We need to find dh/dt when h = 12 feet, so let's substitute h = 12 into the equation:

-16 = (12^2/16) * dh/dt + (π * 12^2/4) * dh/dt

-16 = (144/16) * dh/dt + (π * 144/4) * dh/dt

-16 = 9 * dh/dt + 36π * dh/dt

Pulling out dh/dt as a common factor:

dh/dt * (9 + 36π) = -16

Finally, solving for dh/dt:

dh/dt = -16 / (9 + 36π)

Therefore, the rate at which the height of the pile is changing when the pile is 12 feet high is approximately -0.409 feet per minute.

To solve this problem, we can use related rates, which involve finding the rate of change of one variable with respect to another variable. In this case, we want to find the rate at which the height of the pile is changing when the pile is 12 feet high.

Let's use the following variables:
- V: Volume of the cone (cubic feet)
- r: Radius of the cone's base (feet)
- h: Height of the cone (feet)
- dh/dt: Rate at which the height is changing (feet per minute)

We are given that sand is falling off the conveyor at a rate of 16 cubic feet per minute. Since the sand falls onto the pile and adds to its volume, we can write:

dV/dt = 16

We also know that the diameter of the base of the cone is approximately three times the altitude, so we have:

2r = 3h

From the formula for the volume of a cone, V = (1/3)πr^2h, we can express the volume in terms of r and h:

V = (1/3)πr^2h

Differentiating both sides with respect to time, we get:

dV/dt = (1/3)π(2rh)(dh/dt)

Since dV/dt = 16, we can substitute the given values and solve for dh/dt:

16 = (1/3)π(2rh)(dh/dt)

We are interested in finding dh/dt when h = 12. We need to determine the values of r and h at this point to substitute into the equation.

Using the information that 2r = 3h, we can solve for r:

2r = 3h
2r = 3(12)
2r = 36
r = 18

Now that we have values for r and h, we can substitute them into the equation and solve for dh/dt:

16 = (1/3)π(2(18)(12))(dh/dt)
16 = 12π(36)(dh/dt)
16 = 12π(432)(dh/dt)
dh/dt = 16 / (12π(432))

Now we can calculate the value of dh/dt using this equation.