Difference between revisions of "009A Sample Final 1, Problem 5"

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A kite 30 (meters) above the ground moves horizontally at a speed of 6 (m/s). At what rate is the length of the string increasing

when 50 (meters) of the string has been let out?

Foundations:

Solution:

Step 1:
Insert diagram.
From the diagram, we have $30^{2}+h^{2}=s^{2}$ by the Pythagorean Theorem.
Taking derivatives, we get
$2hh'=2ss'$ .

Final Answer:
$s'={\frac {24}{5}}$ m/s

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 |So, we have <math style="vertical-align: -5px">2(40)6=2(50)s'</math>.
 |-
-|Solving for <math style="vertical-align: 0px">s'</math>, we get <math style="vertical-align: -14px">s'=\frac{24}{5} </math>m/s.
+|Solving for <math style="vertical-align: 0px">s'</math>, we get <math style="vertical-align: -14px">s'=\frac{24}{5}</math> m/s.
 |}
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 !Final Answer: &nbsp;
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-| <math>s'=\frac{24}{5} </math>m/s
+| <math>s'=\frac{24}{5}</math> m/s
 |}
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