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Why substitute values only after differentiating in related rates?
AUnits would not cancel out
BThey turn into constants
CTime would no longer vary
DThe chain rule stops working
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. They turn into constants
A variable replaced by a number before differentiation turns into a constant, so its rate term vanishes and the result is wrong.
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