spherical snowball melts so that its surface area decreases at a rate of 6pi  cm2/min, find the rate at which the diameter d decreases when the diameter is 5 cm. (The surface area of a sphere is given by SA = 4pi*r2, where r is the radius of the sphere.)  (Give your answer as a positive number, as the rate of decreas

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If a spherical snowball melts so that its surface area decreases at a rate of 6pi  cm2/min, find the rate at which the diameter d decreases when the diameter is 5 cm. (The surface area of a sphere is given by SA = 4pi*r2, where r is the radius of the sphere.)  (Give your answer as a positive number, as the rate of decrease.)

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