C4 June 2006 Q7

EdexcelOld spec15 marksDifferentiationIntegration

7.

A cube

At time \(t\) seconds the length of the side of a cube is \(x\) cm, the surface area of the cube is \(S\ \text{cm}^2\), and the volume of the cube is \(V\ \text{cm}^3\).

The surface area of the cube is increasing at a constant rate of \(8\ \text{cm}^2\,\text{s}^{-1}\).

Show that

(a) \(\dfrac{\mathrm{d}x}{\mathrm{d}t} = \dfrac{k}{x}\), where \(k\) is a constant to be found, (4)
(b) \(\dfrac{\mathrm{d}V}{\mathrm{d}t} = 2V^{\frac{1}{3}}\). (4)

Given that \(V = 8\) when \(t = 0\),

(c) solve the differential equation in part (b), and find the value of \(t\) when \(V = 16\sqrt{2}\). (7)