C4 January 2009 Q5

EdexcelOld spec7 marksDifferentiation

5.

Figure 2: inverted cone of height 24 cm and radius 16 cm, with water to height h and surface radius r
Figure 2

A container is made in the shape of a hollow inverted right circular cone. The height of the container is 24 cm and the radius is 16 cm, as shown in Figure 2. Water is flowing into the container. When the height of water is \(h\) cm, the surface of the water has radius \(r\) cm and the volume of water is \(V\) cm\(^3\).

(a) Show that \(V = \dfrac{4\pi h^3}{27}\). (2)

[The volume \(V\) of a right circular cone with vertical height \(h\) and base radius \(r\) is given by the formula \(V = \dfrac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h\).]

Water flows into the container at a rate of 8 cm\(^3\) s\(^{-1}\).

(b) Find, in terms of \(\pi\), the rate of change of \(h\) when \(h = 12\). (5)