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May 9, 2009

SOS Any math genius come in PLZ~ about calculus?

Lighthouses
betrixiayz asked:


I think we have to use the "related rule" which involves derivatives to do this question.Like to find out dthita/dt.
A lighthouse is located on a small island 2 km away from the nearest point P on a straight shoreline and its light makes four revolutions per minute. How fast is the beam of light moving along the shoreline when it is 1 km from P?

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May 11, 2009

answerING @ 4:21 am

An answer of that angle which is constant and perpendicular to 2sqrt5 so get an answer of angle between tangential velocity directed along the shoreline direction and perpendicular to the sine of that angle between tangential velocity direction which is constant and shoreline is the radial beam [42pi radians sqrt5 km] min at the radial beam is component directed toward point for fixed radius.

manjyomesando1 @ 5:37 am

yay! only just now did i understand the question.

let x be the distance from P along the shoreline.
and r the length of beam to shoreline (from lighthouse)

r^2 = 2^2 + x^2 = x^2 + 4

2r * (dr/dt) = 2x * (dx/dt)
r^2 = 1 + 4 = 5
r = sqrt(5)

2/r = cos y, 2 = rcos y
0 = (dr/dr) * cos y - sin y * (dy/dt) * r

dr/dt
= r(dy/dt)tan y
= sqrt(5) * (8pi) * (1/2)
= 4sqrt(5) pi

2r * (dr/dt) = 2x * (dx/dt)
dx/dt
= sqrt(5) * 4sqrt(5) pi / 1
= 20 pi km / minute

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