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A spherical balloon is filled with 4500 ~π cubic meters of helium gas. If a leak in the balloon causes the gas to escape at the rate of 72 ~π cubic…

JEE Main 2012 — Mathematics Calculus

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A spherical balloon is filled with 4500 π4500 ~\pi4500 π cubic meters of helium gas. If a leak in the balloon causes the gas to escape at the rate of 72 π72 ~\pi72 π cubic meters per minute, then the rate (in meters per minute) at which the radius of the balloon decreases 494949 minutes after the leakage began is

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Held on 30 Apr 2012 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    97\frac{9}{7}79​

  2. B

    79\frac{7}{9}97​

  3. C

    29\frac{2}{9}92​

  4. D

    92\frac{9}{2}29​

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