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Chapter 12, Problem 47

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QUESTION:

One side of a triangle is increasing at a rate of 3 cm/s and a second side is decreasing at a rate of 2 cm/s. If the area of the triangle remains constant, at what rate does the angle between the sides change when the first side is 20 cm long, the second side is 30 cm, and the angle is \(\pi / 6\) ?

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QUESTION:

One side of a triangle is increasing at a rate of 3 cm/s and a second side is decreasing at a rate of 2 cm/s. If the area of the triangle remains constant, at what rate does the angle between the sides change when the first side is 20 cm long, the second side is 30 cm, and the angle is \(\pi / 6\) ?

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The area is given by

                     

 x and y  are the sides and the angle is  and A is the area

Taking the derivative with respect to time, we have

 

                   

Solving for , we get

                               

                         

                         

                         

So, substituting we have

                           

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