Ester C.

asked • 11/21/19

The Nearsighted Cow Problem

A rectangular billboard 9 feet in height stands in a field so that its bottom is 12 feet above the ground. A nearsighted cow with eye level at 4 feet above the ground stands x ft from the billboard. Express θ, the vertical angle subtended by the billboard at her eye, in terms of x. Then find the distance  the cow x0 must stand from the billboard to maximize θ.

θ(x)=

θ is maximized when x0 =


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