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kicyunya [14]
3 years ago
5

A man walks along a straight path at a speed of 4 ft./s. A Searchlight is located on the ground 20 feet from the path and is kep

t focused on the man. at what rate is the Searchlight rotating when the man is 15 feet from the point on the path closest to the searchlight?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Anna71 [15]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

the rotation rate would be 7.27° per second

Step-by-step explanation:

we can imagine a triangle formed by the distance walked by the man along the path (L=horizontal side) the vertical distance (H=distance from the path = constant = 20 feet) and the hypotenuse as the searchlight pointing at the man with an Ф angle from the vertical side (rotation angle from the closest point)

when the man is at L1 = 15 feet from the closest point

tg Ф1 = L1/H = → Ф1 = tg ⁻¹ ( L1/H) = tg ⁻¹ ( 15 feet/20 feet ) = 36.869 °

if the man walks at v = 4 feet/s ,  0.1 seconds after he would be at

L2= L1 + v* t = 15 feet + 4 feet/s * 0.1 seconds = 15.4 feet from the closest point

then the angle of the searchlight would be

tg Ф2 = L2/H → Ф1 = tg ⁻¹ ( L2/H) = tg ⁻¹ ( 15.4 feet/20 feet ) = 37.596°

therefore when the man covers a distance from 15 feet to 15.4 feet  in 0.1 seconds , the rotation angle will vary from 36.869 ° to 37.596° . thus the rotation rate would be:

rotation rate = change of angle / time required for that change = (37.596°-36.869°)/ 0.1 seconds = 7.27° per second

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