muhammad hassan
Last Activity: 2 Years ago
let us consider:
distance of rocket at 3000 feet = x
distance of rocket from the ground = y
as we all know the famous pythagorous theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
this is going to be applied here.
so A.T.G.C our equation is as under:
x^2 + y^2 = 5000
now actually we have to differentiate this equation
so differentiating it on both sides with respect to t, we get
2x.dx/dt = 2y.dy/dt + 0 --------------------------- 1
and we are given that dy/dt = 600(as it is rate od change of rocket’s disttance from the ground i.e its speed)
and we have x and y.
so putting the values in our eq 1:
we get
2(5000) dx/dt = 2(3000) (600)
by simplification we get:
dx/dt = 360
so ,the distance between the rocket and the spectator is changing at that instant at the rate of 360feet per second
