Water pours out at the rate of Q from a tap, into a cylindrical vessel of radius r. find the rate at which the height of water level rises when the height is h.
If V be the volume of liquid in the cylinder, at a height h of the water level, then V=πr2h
Differentiating both sides w.r.t time t, we get
dVdt=πr2 dhdt ⇒ Q=πr2dhdt or ⇒dhdt=Qπr2
Note that dVdt represents the rate at which the volume of liquid in the cylinder increases, which is same as the rate of pouring of water through the tap.