Emma K.
asked 10/18/15Calculus help please!!!!!
A lighthouse is stationed at a point P some distance away from the nearest point Q on a straight shoreline. It is found that the beam of light is moving alon the shore at a rate of 220pi m/s when it passes a point R on the shoreline 1km away from Q. How far away is the lighthouse from the shoreline?
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Rizwana A. answered 04/08/26
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Lighthouse sa shore ka perpandicular distance=a shore par moving light ka distance from point qQ= x angle b/w beam and perpandicular =@ tan @ = x/a sec sec d0/dt =1/a:dx/dt do /dt = 1/a dx /dtcos cos
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