The altitude of a right circular cone is 15 in, and is increasing at 0.2 in/min.  The radius of the base is 10 in and is decreasing at 0.3 in/min.  How fast is the volume changing?  Note that the volume of a right circular cone is  V = 1 3 π x 2 y  where x is the radius and y is the altitude of the cone.

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The altitude of a right circular cone is 15 in, and is increasing at 0.2 in/min.  The radius of the base is 10 in and is decreasing at 0.3 in/min.  How fast is the volume changing?  Note that the volume of a right circular cone is  V = 1 3 π x 2 y  where x is the radius and y is the altitude of the cone.

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