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At noon, ship is 4km west of ship . Ship is sailing south at 2km/h and ship is sailing north at 4km/h. The scenario some time after noon is pictured below. How fast is the distance between the ships changing 30 minutes after noon? |
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We need to come up with an expression that represents the distance between Ship A and Ship B. Let be the distance between Ship A and Ship B, and say that “up” is the positive direction, and at noon when the ships are 4km apart, the -coordinate of their position is 0. Looking at the upper figure, we could re-arrange the paths of ships A and B to create a right-angle triangle (lower figure). |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We need to come up with an expression that represents the distance between Ship A and Ship B. Let be the distance between Ship A and Ship B, and say that “up” is the positive direction, and at noon when the ships are 4km apart, the -coordinate of their position is 0. Looking at the upper figure, we could re-arrange the paths of ships A and B to create a right-angle triangle (lower figure). Using this, we can write an expression for that depends on the -coordinate of the positions of ships A and B: To determine how fast the distance between the ships is changing, we take the derivative of with respect to time. So, now we need to determine , , , and 30mins after noon. Say at noon, time and measure time in hours. Then, 30mins later . We know ship A and ship B are travelling at a constant speed, so km/h and km/h. The -coordinate of their positions can be determined using , so: Now we can calculate how fast the distance between the ships is changing: Therefore, the distance between the ships is changing at km/h. |