A bar of ice cream, with dimensions of 3 cm by 3 cm by 3 cm placed on a mesh screen on top of a cylindrical funnel that is 6 cm high and 6 cm in diameter.If the ice cream is melting at a rate of 3.3 $\mathrm{cm}^{3} / \mathrm{min}$ into the funnel, what is the rate of change of the height of the funnel when half of the ice cream has melted? $V_{f u m a l}=\frac{1}{3} \pi r^{2} h$
A)0.232
B)0.032
C)0.132
D)0.284
E)0.083

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The volume of the ice cream bar is $3 \times 3 \times 3 = 27 \, \mathrm{cm}^3$. Half melted means $13.5 \, \mathrm{cm}^3$ has melted into the funnel. The volume of a cylinder (funnel in this case) is $V = \pi r^2 h$, but since the funnel is given as a cone shape in the formula, we correct the formula to $V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r^2 h$. The radius $r = 3 \, \mathrm{cm}$ (since diameter is 6 cm). To find the rate of change of height, $dh/dt$, when $13.5 \, \mathrm{cm}^3$ has melted, we use the given melting rate of $3.3 \, \mathrm{cm}^3/\mathrm{min}$. The formula rearranges to $h = \frac{3V}{\pi r^2}$. Differentiating both sides with respect to time $t$ gives $\frac{dh}{dt} = \frac{3}{\pi r^2} \frac{dV}{dt}$. Substituting $r = 3 \, \mathrm{cm}$ and $\frac{dV}{dt} = 3.3 \, \mathrm{cm}^3/\mathrm{min}$ yields $\frac{dh}{dt} = \frac{3 \times 3.3}{\pi \times 3^2} = \frac{9.9}{9\pi} \approx 0.35/\pi \approx 0.111$. The closest answer provided is 0.132, indicating a possible miscalculation in the final step or a rounding difference.

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