A cube has an edge of 4 feet. The edge is increasing at the rate of 3 feet per minute. Express the volume of the cube as a function of m, the number of minutes elapsed. Hint: Remember that the volume of a cube is the cube (third power) of the length of a side.
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The edge of the cube is increasing at a rate of 3 feet per minute. So, after m minutes, the edge will be 4 + 3m feet long. Show more…
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