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30 March, 07:33

A balloon is rising vertically above a level, straight road at a constant rate of 4 ft divided by sec4 ft/sec. Just when the balloon is 7272 ft above the ground, a bicycle moving at a constant rate of 1212 ft divided by secft/sec passes under it. How fast is the distance s (t) s (t) between the bicycle and balloon increasing 66 seconds later?

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  1. 30 March, 07:39
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    12.27 ft/s

    Explanation:

    At 72 ft above the ground, the balloons height increases at a rate of 4ft/s. For 66s, vertical distance moved, y = 4ft/s * 66 s = 264 ft. When the balloon is at 72 ft above the ground, just below it, the bicycle which moves at a rate of 12 ft/s in 66 s, covers a horizontal distance, x = 12ft/s 66 = 792 ft.

    The distance between the bicycle and the balloon 66 s later is given by

    s = √ (x² + (y + 72) ²) = √ (792² + (264 + 72) ²) = √ (792² + 336²) = √740160 ft = 860.33 ft

    From calculus

    The rate of change of the distance between the balloon and bicycle s is obtained by differentiating s with respect to t. So,

    ds/dt = (1/s) (xdx/dt + ydy/dt)

    dx/dt = 12 ft/s, x = 792 ft, dy/dt = 4 ft/s, y = 264 ft, s = 860.33. These are the values of the variables at t = 66 s.

    So, substituting these values into ds/dt, we have

    ds/dt = (1/860.33) (792 ft * 12 ft/s + 264 ft * 4ft/s) = (1/860.33) (9504 + 1056) = 10560/860.33 = 12.27 ft/s
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