Answer to Question #336344 in Calculus for John

Question

A boy is flying a kite, which is at a height of 40 feet. The kite is moving horizontally

at a rate of 3 feet per second. If the string is taut, at what rate is the string being

paid out when the length of the string released is 50 feet?

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DEADLINE : 05/03/2022 11 : 00 PM

Answer 1

$a^2+b^2=c^2$

Now implicitly differentiate that relationship

$2ada/dt+2bdb/dt=2c dc/dt$

b=40

c=50

da/dt=3

db/dt=o, because it is not change.

we can find "a" using the pythagorean theorem

$a^2+40^2=50^2$

$a=\sqrt{50^2-40^2}=30$

We can know plug into our differentiated equation and solve it.

$30x3=50 dc/dt$

$dc/dt=90/50=1.8 ft/sec$