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Create an equation relating all the variables and r=1205=276 ft answer V=21xy(10)=5xy
constants in Step 2.
Problem 03 By similar triangle:
Differentiate the equation with respect to time.
yx=44
dtdV=10ydtdy
Water is flowing into a vertical cylindrical tank
at the rate of 24 ft3/min. If the radius of the tank when y = 6 in or 0.5 ft
is 4 ft, how fast is the surface rising?
3=10(05)dtdy
Problem 05
V=10(3)y=30y Solution 05
Volume of water:
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xdtdx−2y=0
when x = 16 ft
162+y2=202
y=12 ft
16dtdx−2(12)=0
Problem 7
Problem 08
16s=6x+6s
10s=6x
10dtds=6dtdx
x2+y2=202 10dtds=6(5)
xdtdx+ydtdy=0
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Problem 10
Solution 11
s2=402t2+502(t–2)2
s=1600t2+2500(t–2)2
Solution 13
dtds=3200t+5000(t−2)21600t2+2500(t–2)2
dtds=4100t−50001600t2+2500(t–2)2
Volume of water:
at 3 PM, t = 3
V=21[2+(2+2x)]y(10)
dtds=4100(3)−50001600(32)+2500(3–2)2
V=20y+10xy
Solution 10 dtds=5615 mi/hr answer
From the figure:
For 5 miles:
yx=21
5=10t
Problem 12 x=21y
t=05hr
In Problem 11, how fast the trains are separating V=20y+5y2
after along time?
d2=52+102(t–05)2
dtdV=20dtdy+10ydtdy
Solution 12
d=25+100(t–05)2
when y = 6 in or 0.5 ft
After a long time, t = ∞
dtdd=200(t−05)225+100(t–05)2
10=20dtdy+10(05)dtdy
dtds=4100t−50001600t2+2500(t–2)2
dtdd=100(t−05)25+100(t–05)2
dtdy=04 ft/min answer
dtds=4100t−50001600t2+2500t2−10000t+1000
when t = 2 hrs
0 Problem 14
dtdd=100(2−05)25+100(2–05)2
dtds=4100t−50004100t2−10000t+100001t1t For the trough in Problem 13, how fast the water
dtdd=150250=1505101010 surface is rising when the water is 1 foot deep.
dtds=4100−5000t4100−10000t+10000t2
dtdd=310 mi/hr answer Solution 14
dtds=4100−50004100−10000+100002
Problem 11 From the Solution 13
dtds=6403 mi/hr answer
A train starting at noon, travels north at 40 miles dtdV=20dtdy+10ydtdy
Problem 13
per hour. Another train starting from the same
point at 2 PM travels east at 50 miles per hour. When y = 1 ft
A trapezoidal trough is 10 ft long, 4 ft wide at
Find, to the nearest mile per hour, how fast the
the top, 2 ft wide at the bottom and 2 ft deep. If dtdV=20dtdy+10ydtdy
two trains are separating at 3 PM.
water flows in at 10 ft3/min, find how fast the
surface is rising, when the water is 6 in deep. 10=20dtdy+10(1)dtdy
Problem 15
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A light at eye level stands 20 ft from a house Solution 16 dtdy=–4 ft/sec answer
and 15 ft from the path leading from the house
to the street. A man walks along the path at 6 ft By Pythagorean Theorem: The negative sign in the answer indicates that
per sec. How fast does his shadow move along the length of the shadow is shortening.
the wall when he is 5 ft from the house? x2+y2=s2
Problem 18
Solution 15 2xdtdx+2ydtdy=2sdtds
Solve Problem 17, if the light is 10 ft above the
xdtdx+ydtdy=sdtds ground.
Thus,
Solution 18
5(8)+5(6)=52dtds
By similar triangle:
dtds=99 ft/sec answer
3010−y=x4
Problem 17
y=10−x120
light is placed on the ground 30 ft from a
building. A man 6 ft tall walks from the light dtdy=−x2−120dtdx
toward the building at the rate of 5 ft/sec. Find
the rate at which the length of his shadow is dtdy=x2120dtdx
From the figure: changing when he is 15 ft from the building.
when x = 30 – 15 = 15 ft
yx=20x+15 Solution 17
dtdy=152120(5)
20x=xy+15y
dtdy=38 ft/sec answer
(20–y)x=15y
Problem 19
x=15y20−y
One city A, is 30 mi north and 55 mi east of
dtdx=(20−y)2(20−y)15dtdy−15y−dtdy
another city, B. At noon, a car starts west from
A at 40 mi/hr, at 12:10 PM, another car starts
dtdx=(20−y)215(20−y)+15ydtdy
east from B at 60 mi/hr. Find, in two ways,
when the cars will be nearest together.
dtdx=300(20−y)2dtdy By similar triangle:
when y = 5 ft y30=x6
dtdx=300(20−5)2(6)
Problem 16
when x = 30 – 15 = 15 ft
dtdy=152−180(5)
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Problem 20
Solution 19 Solution 20
1st Solution (Specific): For time before 12:39 PM, see the figure in the
general solution of Solution 20.
The figure to the right shows the position of the
cars when they are nearest to each other. x=65–100t [60(t–1060)–x]+40t=55
100t=65 For time after 12:39 PM, there are three x=–(65–100t)
conditions that worth noting. Each are
t=065 hr thoroughly illustrated below. x2=(65–100t)2
s=x2+302
s=x2+900
where:
x = 65 – 100t
[60(t–1060)–x]+40t=55
x=55–40t–60t+10
x=60t–10+40t–55
s=(65–100t)2+900 x=–(65–100t)
x=65–100t
dtds=2(65−100t)(−100)2(65–100t)2+900 x2=(65–100t)2
dtds=−100(65−100t)(65–100t)2+900 s=x2+302
x2=(65–100t)2
when ds/dt = 0 s=(65–100t)2+900 ok
s=x2+302
−100(65−100t)(65–100t)2+900=0
s=(65–100t)2+900 ok
−100(65−100t)=0
Problem 21
100t=65
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Solution 22
(b) at 12:45 PM, t = 45/60 = 0.75 hr
dtds=5200(075)−1500[45–
60(075)]2+[30+40(075)]2
Solution 23
Problem 25
For time before 12:45 PM, see the figure in
Solution 22.
One city E, is 20 miles north and 20 miles east
of another city, F. At noon a car starts south
x=45–60t
from E at 40 mi/hr, at 12:10 PM, another car
s=x2+(30+40t)2 starts east from F at 60 mi/hr. Find the rate at
s=(45–60t)2+(30+40t)2
which the cars approach each other between
where: 12:10 PM and 12:30 PM. What happens at
After 12:45 PM
12:30 PM?
x = 35 – 60(t – 10/60)
s=x2+(30+40t)2
x = 45 – 60t
where:
s=(45–60t)2+(30+40t)2
x = 60(t – 10/60) – 35 = –(45 – 60t)
x2 = (45 – 60t)2
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Solution 26
Solution 25 s2=x2+402
2sdtds=2xdtdx
v=602+402 when s = 50 ft
At 12:30 PM x = 30 ft
Solution 28
Distance traveled by car from E Thus,
By cosine law:
= 40(30/60) 50dtds=30(322)
[math]s2=(60t)2+(42–30t)2–2(60t)(42–
= 20 miles 30t)cos60[math]
dtds=44 ft/sec answer
s2=3600t2+(1764–2520t+900t2)–
Problem 27
(2520t−1800t2)
In Problem 26, find the rate at which the slope
s2=6300t2–5040t+1764
of the cord is decreasing.
Distance traveled by car from F s=6300t2–5040t+1764
Solution 27
= 60 [(30 - 10)/60] dtds=12600t−504026300t2–5040t+1764=0
Slope
= 20 miles 12600t−5040=0
m=x40
t=25 hr
dtdm=x2−40dtdx
Solution 29
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By cosine law:
s2=[60(t–760)]2+(42–30t)2–2[60(t–760)](42–
30t)cos60 By Pythagorean Theorem:
s2=(3600t2–840t+49)+(1764–2520t+900t2)–(– s=(100–40t)2+(200–40t)2
1800t2+2730t–294)
Set ds/dt = 0
s2=6300t2–6090t+2107 From the isometric box:
dtds=2(100–40t)2+(200–40t)22(100–40t)
s=6300t2–6090t+2107 (−40)+2(200−40t)(−40)=0 s=x2+302
dtds=12600t−609026300t2–6090t+2107=0 2(100–40t)(−40)+2(200−40t)(−40)=0
time: 12:29 PM answer t=3 hrs 45 min x2 = 400t2 + 1600 – 2400t + 900t2
Two railroad tracks intersect at right angles, at Minimum distance will occur at t = 3.75, s=(1300t2–2400t+1600)+900
noon there is a train on each track approaching
the crossing at 40 mi/hr, one being 100 mi, the smin=[100–40(375)]2+[200–40(375)]2 s=1300t2–2400t+2500
other 200 mi distant. Find (a) when they will be
nearest together, and (b) what will be their smin=7071 miles answer dtds=2600t–240021300t2–2400t+2500
minimum distance apart.
Problem 31 dtds=1300t–12001300t2–2400t+2500
Solution 31
Problem 32
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dtds=1300t–12001300t2–2400t+2500 In Problem 33, find how fast the two will be s=4116t2+900
separating after along time.
the train and the car are nearest together if ds/dt dtds=4132t216t2+900
=0 Solution 34
dtds=4t16t2+900
1300t–12001300t2–2400t+2500=0 From the Solution 33,
when 4t = 40; t = 10 sec
1300t–1200=0 s=9–480t+11600t2
dtds=4(10)16(102)+900
t=1213 sec dtds=−480+23200t29–480t+11600t2
dtds=08 ft/sec answer
t=0923 sec answer dtds=−240+11600t9–480t+11600t21t1t
Problem 36
Problem 33 dtds=−t240+116009t2–t480+11600
In Problem 35, how fast is the tip of the shadow
From a car traveling east at 40 miles per hour, after a long time, t moving?
an airplane traveling horizontally north at 100
miles per hour is visible 1 mile east, 2 miles dtds=−240+1160092–480+11600 Solution 36
south, and 2 miles up. Find when this two will
be nearest together. dtds=1160011600
dtds=11600
Solution 35
s=x2+22=x2+4
where:
x2 = (1 – 40t)2 + (2 – 100t)2
x2 = 5 – 480t + 11600t2
s=(5–480t+11600t2)+4
s=9–480t+11600t2
From the figure:
dtds=−480+23200t29–480t+11600t2=0
x=square root(4t)2+302
–480+23200t=0
x=16t2+900 Triangle LAB,
t=3145 hr
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x6=30x+30 Solution 38
5x=x+30
x=75 ft
Triangle ABC,
sx+30=4t30
s75+30=2t15
By cosine law,
s=5t
s2=202+(10t)2–2(20)(10t)cos120
dtds=5 ft/sec answer
Problem 37
s=100t2+200t+400
A ship sails east 20 miles and then turns N 30°
W. If the ship’s speed is 10 mi/hr, find how fast
it will be leaving the starting point 6 hr after the
start. dtds=200t+2002100t2+200t+400
dtds=100t+100100t2+200t+400
Solution 37
dtds=100(4)+100100(42)+200(4)+400
By cosine law,
s2=202+(10t)2–2(20)(10t)cos60
s=100t2−200t+400
dtds=200t−2002100t2−200t+400
dtds=100t−100100t2−200t+400
dtds=100(4)−100100(42)−200(4)+400
dtds=100(4)−100100(42)−200(4)+400
Problem 38
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