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Suppose oil spills from a ruptured tanker and spreads in a circular pattern. If the radius of the oil spill increases at a constant rate of 3m/s, how fast is the area of the spill increasing when the radius is 15m?

• calculus -

a = oi r^2
da/dt = 2pi r dr/dt

plug and chug.

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