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A hot air balloon rising vertically is tracked by an observer located 2 miles from the lift-off point. At a certain moment, the angle between the observer's line-of-sight and the horizontal is , and it is changing at a rate of 0.1 rad/min. How fast is the balloon rising at this moment

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  • the balloon rising at [tex]0.266miles/min[/tex]

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  • An observer located 2 miles from the lift-off point. At a certain moment, the angle between the observer's line-of-sight and the horizontal is , and it is changing at a rate of 0.1 rad/min.

From,

[tex]tan\theta = \frac{h}{2}[/tex]

differentiate with respect to h

[tex]sec^2\theta * \frac{do}{dz} = \frac{1}{2} * \frac{dh}{dz}\\\\\frac{dh}{dz} = 2 sec^\theta * \frac{d\theta}{dz}\\\\\theta = \frac{\pi}{6} and \frac{d\theta}{dz} = 0.1rad/min\\\\\frac{dh}{dz} = 2sec^2 (\frac{\pi}{6}) * (0.1)\\\\= 0.266miles/min[/tex]

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