Imagine that Donuts are two-dimensional and are composed of 2 concentric circles with center and of radii and 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 increases from cm to cm, where is sufficiently small.
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The area of the chocolate part is:
A = π ( 3 r ) 2 − π r 2 ⟹ A = 8 π r 2
r = 6 ⟹ A = 2 8 8 π
Now, when the r increases by p , then:
A n = 8 π ( 6 + p ) 2
The increase in area is therefore:
Δ A = A n − A = 8 π ( 6 + p ) 2 − 2 8 8 π Δ A = 2 8 8 π + 9 6 p π + 8 π p 2 − 2 8 8 π Δ A = 9 6 p π + 8 π p 2
Neglecting the p 2 term as p is considered small leads to: Δ A ≈ 9 6 p π