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Relating Rates - IB

Activity Overview

Students are given a situation of water draining out of a cylindrical tank in order to explain the process of solving related rates questions.

Objectives

  • Students will be introduced to related rates.
  • Students will use differentiation, including implicitly, to apply related rates to real world situations.
  • Students will try to make a connection with how to understand these topics in IB Mathematics courses and on their final assessments.

Vocabulary

  • Related Rates
  • Differentiation
  • Implicit
  • Rate of Change