Question

A cylindrical tank of radius 10 m is being filled with wheat at the rate of 314 cubic mere per hour. Then the depth of the wheat is increasing at the rate of

(A) 1 m/h (B) 0.1 m/h

(C) 1.1 m/h (D) 0.5 m/h

Answer 1

Let r be the radius of the cylinder.

Then, volume (V) of the cylinder is given by,

Differentiating with respect to time t, we have:

The tank is being filled with wheat at the rate of 314 cubic metres per hour.

∴

Thus, we have:

Hence, the depth of wheat is increasing at the rate of 1 m/h.

The correct answer is A.