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MAXIMA AND MINIMA
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(10) A spherical balloon is increasing in volume. If, when its radius is feet, its volume is increasing at the rate of cubic feet per second, at what rate is its surface then increasing?

(11) Inscribe in a given sphere a cone whose volume is a maximum.

(12) The current given by a battery of similar voltaic cells is , where , , , are constants and is the number of cells coupled in series. Find the proportion of to for which the current is greatest.