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?(a) What quantities are given in the problem?(b) What is the unknown?(c) Draw a picture
Chapter 3, Problem 13(choose chapter or problem)
(a) What quantities are given in the problem?
(b) What is the unknown?
(c) Draw a picture of the situation for any time \(t\).
(d) Write an equation that relates the quantities.
(e) Finish solving the problem.
A plane flying horizontally at an altitude of \(1 \ \mathrm{mi}\) and a speed of \(500 \mathrm{mi} / \mathrm{h}\) passes directly over a radar station. Find the rate at which the distance from the plane to the station is increasing when the plane is \(2 \ \mathrm{mi}\) away from the station.
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
t
1
mi
500 mi/h
2 mi
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
(a) What quantities are given in the problem?
(b) What is the unknown?
(c) Draw a picture of the situation for any time \(t\).
(d) Write an equation that relates the quantities.
(e) Finish solving the problem.
A plane flying horizontally at an altitude of \(1 \ \mathrm{mi}\) and a speed of \(500 \mathrm{mi} / \mathrm{h}\) passes directly over a radar station. Find the rate at which the distance from the plane to the station is increasing when the plane is \(2 \ \mathrm{mi}\) away from the station.
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
t
1
mi
500 mi/h
2 mi
ANSWER:Step 1 of 5
a) In this part (a) of the problem we are asked to list the quantities given in the problem. We don't need to solve anything just yet.
