Many materials such as paper, steel, plastic, and aluminum, are placed on rolls for shipment to another location for processingA typical problem is finding the number of feet of paper stored on a roll with an outer radius of 5.5 inches and an inner radius of 1.75 inches, ad a paper thickness of 0.003 inchesThe inner radius is the core around which the paper is wrappedIf the paper is being unwrapped at a constant rate of 10 feet a minute, then the time remaining until the paper supply is exhausted is also of interest.The problem described is a special case of the general problem:Find L (paper length) and T (time remaining until the paper supply is exhausted) as functions of r inner radius of the roll in inchesR outer radius of the roll in inchest paper thicknessF rate at which the paper is unwrapped in feet per minuteMath question for my homework!!
