Question

A road perpendicular to a highway leads to a farmhouse located 2 km away. A car travels pastthe farmhouse on on the highway at a speed of 80 km/h. How fast is the distance between thecar and the farmhouse increasing when the car is 6 km past the intersection of the highwayand the road

Answer 1

Answer:

75.9 km/hr

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance between the highway and farmhouse is given as = 2km = a

The distance after the intersection and the highway = b

Let the distance between the farmhouse and the car = c

Using the Pythagoras Theorem rule

c² = a² + b²

c² = 2² + b²

Step 1

Since distance is involved, time is required. Hence, we differentiate the equation above in respect to time

c² = 2² + b²

dc/dt (2c) = 4 + 2b

dc/dt =[ b/(√b² + 4)] × db/dt

We are told in the question that:

the car travels past the farmhouse on on the highway at a speed of 80 km/h.

We are asked to calculate the speed at which the distance between the car and the farmhouse kept increasing when the car is 6 km past the intersection of the highway and the road.

This calculated using the obtained differentiation above:

dc/dt = [ b/(√b² + 4)] × db/dt

Where b = 6km

db/dt = 80km/hr

[6/(√6² + 4)] × 80km/hr

6/√36 + 4 × 80km/hr

6 × 80/√40

480/√40

= 75.894663844km/hr

Approximately = 75.9km/hr