General Strategy for Solving Related Rates Problems

                                                Step 1: Read the entire problem; identify quantities to be found.

 
                                       Step 2: Draw a diagram; include relevant labels.

                                       Step 3: Identify constants, values of functions, rates of change, and quantities
                                                  that are functions of time.

                                       Step 4: Write equation(s) relating quantities in the problem.

                                       Step 5: Use the Chain Rule to differentiate both sides of an equation with
                                                   respect to time.

                                       Step 6: Substitute given constants, values of functions, and rates of change.

                                       Step 7: Solve for the quantities identified in Step 1.