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Calculus Level 3

Imagine that Donuts are two-dimensional and are composed of 2 concentric circles with center o o and of radii r r and 3 r 3r respectively (labelled on the diagram above).

Calculate the approximate increase in the chocolate part of the donut (i.e. The area between the two circles) when r r increases from 6 6 cm to 6 + p 6 + p cm, where p p is sufficiently small.

96 π p 96\pi p 120 π p 120\pi p 108 π p 108\pi p 2000 π p 2000\pi p 3600 π p 3600\pi p

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2 solutions

Karan Chatrath
Mar 30, 2021

The area of the chocolate part is:

A = π ( 3 r ) 2 π r 2 A = \pi(3r)^2 - \pi r^2 A = 8 π r 2 \implies A = 8\pi r^2

r = 6 A = 288 π r = 6 \implies A = 288 \pi

Now, when the r r increases by p p , then:

A n = 8 π ( 6 + p ) 2 A_n = 8\pi(6+p)^2

The increase in area is therefore:

Δ A = A n A = 8 π ( 6 + p ) 2 288 π \Delta A = A_n - A = 8\pi(6+p)^2 - 288 \pi Δ A = 288 π + 96 p π + 8 π p 2 288 π \Delta A = 288 \pi + 96p \pi + 8 \pi p^2 - 288 \pi Δ A = 96 p π + 8 π p 2 \Delta A = 96p \pi + 8 \pi p^2

Neglecting the p 2 p^2 term as p p is considered small leads to: Δ A 96 p π \boxed{\Delta A \approx 96p \pi}

Ethan Mandelez
Mar 30, 2021

First we calculate the area of the chocolate part of the donut:

A = 9 π r 2 π r 2 = 8 π r 2 A = 9πr^{2} - πr^{2} = 8πr^{2}

Differentiating gives:

d A d r = 16 π r \dfrac {dA} {dr} = 16πr

when r = 6 r = 6 , d A d r = 96 π \dfrac {dA} {dr} = 96π

Since p p is small we can say that

δ A δ r d A d r \dfrac {δA} {δr} ≈ \dfrac {dA} {dr}

δ A p 96 π \dfrac {δA} {p} ≈ 96π

Therefore δ A 96 π p δA ≈ 96πp

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