Mothballs tend to evaporate at a rate proportional to their surface area. If V is the volume

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Mothballs tend to evaporate at a rate proportional to their surface area. If V is the volume of a mothball, then its surface area is roughly a constant times V2/3. So the mothball’s volume decreases at a rate proportional to V2/3. Suppose that initially a mothball has a volume of 27 cubic centimeters and 4 weeks later has a volume of 15.625 cubic centimeters. Construct and solve a differential equation satisfied by the volume at time t. Then, determine if and when the mothball will vanish (V = 0).

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Calculus And Its Applications

ISBN: 9780134437774

14th Edition

Authors: Larry Goldstein, David Lay, David Schneider, Nakhle Asmar

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