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Solution 02
Steps in Solving Time Rates Problem
x=y
when y = 6 in or 0.5 ft
Water is flowing into a vertical
cylindrical tank at the rate of 24 ft3/min.
3=10(05)dtdy
If the radius of the tank is 4 ft, how fast is
the surface rising?
dtdy=06 ft/min answer
Problem 05
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Solution 05 2xdtdx+2ydtdy=0
xdtdx+ydtdy=0
xdtdx+y(−2)=0
xdtdx−2y=0
when x = 16 ft
162+y2=202
y=12 ft
16dtdx−2(12)=0 Solution 08
12=20(05)dtdy x = 16 ft
Solution 09
Solution 06 dtdm=−25128 per second
s6=16s+x
dtdm=25128 per second decreasing
answer
16s=6x+6s
Problem 08
10s=6x
A man 6 ft tall walks away from a lamp
10dtds=6dtdx
post 16 ft high at the rate of 5 miles per
hour. How fast does the end of his
10dtds=6(5)
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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
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 yx=21
when t = 2 hrs dtds=4100t−50004100t2−10000t+100001t For the trough in Problem 13, how fast
1t the water surface is rising when the
dtdd=100(2−05)25+100(2–05)2 water is 1 foot deep.
dtds=4100−5000t4100−10000t+10000t2
dtdd=150250=1505101010 Solution 14
dtds=4100−50004100−10000+100002
dtdd=310 mi/hr answer From the Solution 13
dtds=6403 mi/hr answer
Problem 11 dtdV=20dtdy+10ydtdy
Problem 13
A train starting at noon, travels north at When y = 1 ft
40 miles per hour. Another train starting A trapezoidal trough is 10 ft long, 4 ft
from the same point at 2 PM travels east wide at the top, 2 ft wide at the bottom dtdV=20dtdy+10ydtdy
at 50 miles per hour. Find, to the nearest and 2 ft deep. If water flows in at 10
mile per hour, how fast the two trains ft3/min, find how fast the surface is 10=20dtdy+10(1)dtdy
are separating at 3 PM. rising, when the water is 6 in deep.
dtdy=31 ft/min answer
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Problem 15
2xdtdx+2ydtdy=2sdtds Problem 18
Thus,
Solution 18
5(8)+5(6)=52dtds
By similar triangle:
dtds=99 ft/sec answer
3010−y=x4
From the figure: Problem 17
y=10−x120
yx=20x+15 light is placed on the ground 30 ft from
a building. A man 6 ft tall walks from the dtdy=−x2−120dtdx
20x=xy+15y
light toward the building at the rate of 5
ft/sec. Find the rate at which the length dtdy=x2120dtdx
(20–y)x=15y
of his shadow is changing when he is 15
when x = 30 – 15 = 15 ft
ft from the building.
x=15y20−y
dtdy=152120(5)
Solution 17
dtdx=(20−y)2(20−y)15dtdy−15y−dtdy
dtdy=38 ft/sec answer
dtdx=(20−y)215(20−y)+15ydtdy
Problem 19
dtdx=300(20−y)2dtdy
One city A, is 30 mi north and 55 mi east
when y = 5 ft of another city, B. At noon, a car starts
west from A at 40 mi/hr, at 12:10 PM,
dtdx=300(20−5)2(6) another car starts east from B at 60
mi/hr. Find, in two ways, when the cars
dtdx=8 ft/sec answer By similar triangle:
will be nearest together.
Problem 16 y30=x6
dtdy=x2−180dtdx
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x=60t–10+40t–55
s=(65–100t)2+900 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
100t=65
t=065 hr
t=39 min
Problem 20
s=x2+302
s=x2+900
where: x=55–40t–60t+10
x = 65 – 100t x=65–100t
[60(t–1060)–x]+40t=55
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x2=(65–100t)2 Solution 23
(b) at 12:30 PM, t = 30/60 = 0.5 hr t=02885 hr =17 min 18 sec Solution 23 above shows that the
distance s at any time after noon is
dtds=−100[65−100(05)][65−100(05)]2+90 time: 12:17:18 PM answer given by
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Problem 23 s=(45–60t)2+(30+40t)2
dtds=−4472 mi/hr answer
For the condition of Problem 22, draw
(c) at 1:15 PM, t = 1 + 15/60 = 1.25 hr the appropriate figure for times before
12:45 PM and after that time. Show that dtds=2(45–60t)2+(30+40t)22(45–
dtds=−100[65−100(125)][65−100(125)]2+ in terms of time after noon, the formulas 60t)(−60)+2(30+40t)(40) See Solution
900 for distance between the two cars (one 22
formula associated with each figure)
dtds=8944 mi/hr answer are equivalent. dtds=(45–60t)2+(30+40t)2−60(45–
60t)+40(30+40t)
Problem 22
dtds=(45–
One city C, is 30 miles north and 35 miles 60t)2+(30+40t)2−2700+3600t+1200+1600t
east from another city, D. At noon, a
car starts north from C at 40 miles per dtds=5200t−1500(45–60t)2+(30+40t)2
hour, at 12:10 PM, another car starts
east from D at 60 miles per hour. Find (a) at 12:15 PM, t = 15/60 = 0.25 hr
when the cars will be nearest together.
dtds=5200(025)−1500[45–
Solution 22 60(025)]2+[30+40(025)]2
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(b) at 12:45 PM, t = 45/60 = 0.75 hr The cars may/will collide at this time. Problem 28
Answer
dtds=5200(075)−1500[45– At noon a car drives from A (Fig. 48)
60(075)]2+[30+40(075)]2 Problem 26 toward C at 60 miles per hour. Another
car starting from B at the same time
dtds=40 mi/hr answer A kite is 40 ft high with 50 ft cord out. If drives toward A at 30 miles per hour. If
the kite moves horizontally at 5 miles per AB = 42 miles, find when the cars will be
Problem 25 hour directly away from the boy flying it, nearest each other.
how fast is the cord being paid out?
One city E, is 20 miles north and 20 miles
east of another city, F. At noon a car
starts south from E at 40 mi/hr, at 12:10
PM, another car starts east from F at 60
mi/hr. Find the rate at which the cars
approach each other between 12:10
PM and 12:30 PM. What happens at
12:30 PM?
Solution 26
s2=x2+402
2sdtds=2xdtdx
sdtds=xdtdx
when s = 50 ft
m=x40 t=25 hr
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Solution 29
By Pythagorean Theorem:
s=(100–40t)2+(200–40t)2
Set ds/dt = 0
s2=(3600t2–840t+49)+(1764– (100–40t)+(200−40t)=0
2520t+900t2)–(–1800t2+2730t–294)
300–80t=0 s=x2+900
s2=6300t2–6090t+2107
t=375 hrs where:
s=6300t2–6090t+2107
t=3 hrs 45 min x2 = (20t)2 + (40 – 30t)2
dtds=12600t−609026300t2–6090t+2107=0
time: 3:45 PM answer x2 = 400t2 + 1600 – 2400t + 900t2
12600t–6090=0
Minimum distance will occur at t = 3.75, x2 = 1300t2 – 2400t + 1600
t=2960 hr
smin=[100–40(375)]2+[200–40(375)]2 s=(1300t2–2400t+1600)+900
t=29 min
smin=7071 miles answer s=1300t2–2400t+2500
time: 12:29 PM answer
Problem 31 dtds=2600t–240021300t2–2400t+2500
Problem 30
An elevated train on a track 30 ft dtds=1300t–12001300t2–2400t+2500
Two railroad tracks intersect at right above the ground crosses a street at
angles, at noon there is a train on each the rate of 20 ft/sec at the instant that a after 1 sec, t = 1
track approaching the crossing at 40 car, approaching at the rate of 30
mi/hr, one being 100 mi, the other 200 ft/sec, is 40 ft up the street. Find how dtds=1300(1)–12001300(12)–
mi distant. Find (a) when they will be fast the train and the car separating 1 2400(1)+2500
nearest together, and (b) what will be second later.
their minimum distance apart. dtds=267 ft/sec answer
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Problem 32 s=(5–480t+11600t2)+4
where:
x2 = (1 – 40t)2 + (2 – 100t)2
x2 = 5 – 480t + 11600t2
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dtds=100t+100100t2+200t+400
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
Triangle LAB,
dtds=100t−100100t2−200t+400
x6=30x+30
after 6 hrs from start, t = 6 – 2 = 4 hrs
5x=x+30
dtds=100(4)−100100(42)−200(4)+400
x=75 ft
dtds=100(4)−100100(42)−200(4)+400
Solution 38
s=5t
Problem 37
By cosine law,
Solution 37
s2=202+(10t)2–2(20)(10t)cos120
s=100t2+200t+400
dtds=200t+2002100t2+200t+400
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