Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH110/April 2018/Question 06 (b)
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Question 06 (b) |
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Read the problem below and answer the questions in part (a) and (b). Makes sure your solution includes a sketch labeled consistently with variables in your calculations. Your asnwers should be a numerical value, but you do not need to simplify it. A small spider is crawling along the graph of a parabola in the first quadrant (where and are measured in cm) in such a way that its -coordinate increases at a constant rate of . The spider is pulling a thin thread of silk with it that is fixed at the origin. (b) As the spider crawls, the angle between the silk thread and the -axis is changing. How fast is that angle changing when the spider is at the point ? |
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Hint 1 |
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How is the angle between the silk thread and the -axis related with the -coordinate of the location of the spider? |
Hint 2 |
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Use the implicit differentiation. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Let be the -coordinate of the location of the spider in time . Since the spider moves along the graph , the location of the spider in time is . The angle between the silk thread and the -axis can be expressed as Now, we use the implicit differentiation to get ; considering
we have
At the location , we have and hence . Combining this with , we finally obtain the derivative of the angle at , Answer: |