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BOYLE\'S LAW FOR IDEAL GASES. If the temperature and the mass of a confined idea

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Question

BOYLE'S LAW FOR IDEAL GASES. If the temperature and the mass of a confined ideal agas are fixed, then PV=K, where P is the pressure and V is the volumn of the gas, and k is a constant. How fast is the volume of the gas changing at the moment that the pressure is 45 lb/in^2, the volume is 60 in^3, and the pressure is increasing at a rate of 3 lb/in^2 per minute? Give an exact number.

CYLINDER. A right circular cylinder's volume is shrinking at the rate of 15 cm^3/hr in such a way that its base radius is always twice its height. The cylinder retains a right circular cylindrical shape. How fast is the base radius changing when the height is 1 meter? Give an exact answer.

Explanation / Answer

1)PV=K

pressure is 45 lb/in^2, the volume is 60 in^3

45*60=K

=>K=2700

PV=2700

V=2700/P

differentiate with respect to time on both sides

dV/dt=(-2700/P2)dP/dt

pressure is increasing at a rate of 3 lb/in^2 per minute =>dP/dt =3

dV/dt=(-2700/452)*3

dV/dt=-4

volume of the gas is decreasing at 4 in^3 per minute

2)volume of cylinder ,V=r2h

base radius is always twice its height =>r =2h

=>h=r/2

volume of cylinder ,V=r2(r/2)

volume of cylinder ,V=(/2)r3

when the height is 1 meter , r=2*1 =2m =200 cm

differentiate with respect to time t .

dV/dt =(/2)3r2 dr/dt

volume is shrinking at the rate of 15 cm^3/hr => dV/dt =-15 ,r =200

-15 =(/2)3*2002 dr/dt

dr/dt =15/[(/2)3*2002]

dr/dt =-1/[4000]

base radius is decreasing at 1/[4000] cm/hour