"The radius of the base of a cylinder is decreasing at a rate of 12 kilometers per second. The height of the cylinder is 2.5 kilometers. At a certain instant, the radius is 40 kilometers. What is the rate of change of the volume of the cylinder at that instant (in cubic kilometers per second)?"

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"The radius of the base of a cylinder is decreasing at a rate of 12 kilometers per second.
The height of the cylinder is 2.5 kilometers.
At a certain instant, the radius is 40 kilometers.
What is the rate of change of the volume of the cylinder at that instant (in cubic kilometers per second)?"
 
For this kind of problem, do I just plug in "h" or do I find dh/dt? If I'm not told a value is changing, do I just plug it in, rather than use the derivative, dh/dt?
 
dv/dt = h * pi*2r*(dr/dt)
 
or
 
dv/dt = dh/dt *pi*2r*(dr/dt)
 
Summary: How do I know which values need to be derivatives when solving for another derivative?
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