Model and solve related rates problems as instances of the chain rule including situations that involve surface area and volume of cones, pyramids and spheres, with and without technology.

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Related rates — draining cone

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Water empties from an inverted cone; similar triangles and the chain rule multiply dV/dh by dh/dt to match the given volume rate.

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