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<span class="exam"> 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  
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<span class="exam"> when 50 (meters) of the string has been let out?
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|From the diagram, we have <math>30^2+h^2=s^2</math> by the Pythagorean Theorem.
 
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|If <math>s=50</math>, then <math>h=\sqrt{50^2-30^2}=40</math>.
 
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|Solving for <math>s'</math>, we get <math>s'=\frac{24}{5} </math>m/s.
 
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Latest revision as of 08:05, 3 December 2017

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?

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