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yawa3891 [41]
3 years ago
7

A searchlight is 210 ft from a straight wall. As the beam moves along the​ wall, the angle between the beam and the perpendicula

r to the wall is increasing at the rate of 2.0 degrees divided by s. How fast is the length of the beam increasing when it is 290 ft​ long?

Physics
1 answer:
Ivenika [448]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The length of the beam increasing is 9.64 ft/s.

Explanation:

Given that,

Height = 210 ft

Distance =290 ft

According to figure,

We need to calculate the angle

\cos\theta=\dfrac{210}{x}....(I)

Put the value of x in the equation

\cos\theta=\dfrac{210}{290}

\cos\theta=\dfrac{21}{29}=0.72

Now, \sin\theta=\dfrac{20}{29}

On differentiate of equation (I)

-\sin\theta\dfrac{d\theta}{dt}=-\dfrac{-210}{x^2}\dfrac{dx}{dt}

\sin\theta=\dfrac{210}{x^2}\dfrac{dx}{dt}

Put the value in the equation

\sin\dfrac{20}{29}\times2.0=\dfrac{210}{(290)^2}\dfrac{dx}{dt}

\dfrac{dx}{dt}=\sin\dfrac{20}{29}\times2.0\times\dfrac{290^2}{210}

\dfrac{dx}{dt}=9.64\ ft/s

Hence, The length of the beam increasing is 9.64 ft/s.

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