
Yefim S. answered 08/12/23
Math Tutor with Experience
x = 14tanθ; dx/dt = 14sec2θdθ/dt = 14sec215°·2π/2 = 47.14 feet/s
Morgen P.
asked 08/11/23A rotating light is located 14 feet from a wall. The light completes one rotation every 2 seconds. Find the rate at which the light projected onto the wall is moving along the wall when the light's angle is 15 degrees from perpendicular to the wall.
Yefim S. answered 08/12/23
Math Tutor with Experience
x = 14tanθ; dx/dt = 14sec2θdθ/dt = 14sec215°·2π/2 = 47.14 feet/s
Draw a diagram of the beam at some position and hitting the wall. Distance,d, to wall is 14 feet. The position of the beam is at some angle θ = 15 degrees. The rate of change, dθ/dt = 2π rad/2 seconds or π rad/sec.
The equation for the x position along the wall comes from x/d = tanθ or x = dtanθ
Differentiating, dx/dt = d*sec2θ * dθ/dt at θ= 15 degrees
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