One car leaves a given point and travels cast at 20mph. Another car leaves I hour later and travels north at 35 mph. At what rate is the distance between the cars changing at the instant the second car has been travelling for 3 hours? (source : faculty mell h

College Algebra
1st Edition
ISBN:9781938168383
Author:Jay Abramson
Publisher:Jay Abramson
Chapter2: Equations And Inequalities
Section2.3: Models And Applications
Problem 20SE: Ben starts walking along a path at 4 mi/h. One and a half hours after Ben leaves, his sister Amanda...
icon
Related questions
Question

check if correct 

One car leaves a given point and travels cast at 20mph. Another car leaves I hour later and travels_north
at 35 mph. At what rate is the distance between the cars changing at the instant the second car has been
travelling for 3 hours? (source faculty. math. illinois.edu)
solution:
d=rt
4
Z
X-
dy
dt
x² + y² = 2²
x(t) = 20t
= 35 y(t) = 35 (t-1)
36
व
dz
dt = ?
= 20
px dy + by
dz
27/2 = 2 2 1/²7/2
ky वर 47 वर
60 (20) + 70 (35) = 10√75
dz
dt
3650 = 10 √85 det
13√√58
17
dz
dt
≈ 39.59
x² + y² = 2²
X 60
y = 70
Choices
√60²470² = 2²
√√3600+4900 = 2²
√8500 = z²
2 = 10 √ 85
a) 29.50
b) 34.78
c) 35.90
d) 39.59 ✓
Transcribed Image Text:One car leaves a given point and travels cast at 20mph. Another car leaves I hour later and travels_north at 35 mph. At what rate is the distance between the cars changing at the instant the second car has been travelling for 3 hours? (source faculty. math. illinois.edu) solution: d=rt 4 Z X- dy dt x² + y² = 2² x(t) = 20t = 35 y(t) = 35 (t-1) 36 व dz dt = ? = 20 px dy + by dz 27/2 = 2 2 1/²7/2 ky वर 47 वर 60 (20) + 70 (35) = 10√75 dz dt 3650 = 10 √85 det 13√√58 17 dz dt ≈ 39.59 x² + y² = 2² X 60 y = 70 Choices √60²470² = 2² √√3600+4900 = 2² √8500 = z² 2 = 10 √ 85 a) 29.50 b) 34.78 c) 35.90 d) 39.59 ✓
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 2 images

Blurred answer
Recommended textbooks for you
College Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9781938168383
Author:
Jay Abramson
Publisher:
OpenStax
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897…
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897…
Algebra
ISBN:
9780079039897
Author:
Carter
Publisher:
McGraw Hill
Elementary Algebra
Elementary Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9780998625713
Author:
Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith
Publisher:
OpenStax - Rice University
Intermediate Algebra
Intermediate Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9780998625720
Author:
Lynn Marecek
Publisher:
OpenStax College
Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
Algebra
ISBN:
9780395977224
Author:
Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole
Publisher:
McDougal Littell
College Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9781337282291
Author:
Ron Larson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning