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Surface Area

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AP Calculus AB/BC

Definition

The total area that covers the outside part of an object, such as a sphere, cube, or cylinder.

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The rate of change of the surface area of a sphere with respect to time is proportional to the square of the radius. At t = 0, the radius is 2 cm, and the rate of change of the surface area is 16 cm^2/s. If A(t) is the surface area of the sphere, what is the differential equation that represents this situation?

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