A plane flying with a constant speed of 14 km/min passes over a ground radar station at an altitude of 13 km and climbs at an angle of 20 degrees. At what rate, in km/min is the distance from the plane to the radar station increasing 5 minutes later?
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Explanation:
the plane's velocity is
its position at time t minutes is
where the base of the station is
the distance
i have no idea why you would wish to use implicit differentiation in this problem, maybe it is in the wrong section? in Cartesian, the flight path is simply