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Demos for Related Rates Problems

Instructors notes break down steps for twelve traditional related rates problems that are illustrated via animated gif and quicktime movies. Ideal for classroom demonstration when lecturing on related rates problems.The twelve problems are "filling a conical tank," "Searchlight rotates to follow a walker", "Filling a cylindrical tank," "Airplane & observer," "Conical sand pile," "Sliding ladder," "Raising ladder," "Shadow of a walking figure," "Circular oil spill," "Rolling snowball," "Trip around an ellipse," "Opening a rectangle in a 'Paint' program," and "Runner along the base path from first to second."
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http://www.mathdemos.org/mathdemos/relatedrates/relatedrates.html
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Creator(s): 
David R. Hill
Publisher: 
Demos With Positive Impact
Rights: 
David R. Hill, Temple University
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Quicktime movie