The document contains three word problems involving related rates of change: 1) finding the rate of change of radius of a spherical balloon filling with gas, when the diameter is 18 inches. 2) finding the rate of change of circumference of circular waves expanding at 0.5 m/sec, when the radius is 4 meters. 3) involving a girl walking away from a pole and rates of change of the tip of her shadow and length of the shadow.