Someone help me with this please... The length of a rectangle is given by 2t^2 + 3t – 7 and the height is sq. root of 2t, where t is time in seconds and the dimensions are in feet. Find the rate of change of the area with respect to time? Thank you!

1 Answer
Jun 19, 2018

dAdt=52t1.5+4.52t0.53.52t0.5

Explanation:

The area of a rectangle is defined as the product of its length and height. Letting A represent the area of the rectangle as a function of time t, we get A(t)=2t(2t2+3t7).
A(t)=22t2.5+32t1.572t0.5.
To find the rate of change of the area with respect to time, we differentiate both sides with respect to t and get
dAdt==52t1.5+4.52t0.53.52t0.5.