Related rates are used in a wide variety of different scenarios from finding how large a spill is increasing, to how fast it may take to empty something. Related rates deal with time, usually have two different variables like height, length, radius, or width; and have something that is changing like area, distance, or volume. In order to solve related rates problems you need to be able to recall or have access to basic geometry formulas like circle, cone, cylinder, rectangle, triangle and square. Also you need to know how to take a derivative, and being able to understand what you are given and what you need to find in a related rates problem. The first thing you should do in a related rates problem is read the problem to get an understanding
