A lighthouse is located on a small island km away from the nearest point
.
Light makes four revolutions per minute.
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Assume A is light house .
\Consider is the angle between light house and shore line.
revolution gives
radians.
revolutions gives
radians.
rad/min.
From the triangle ,
Differentiate on each side with respect to .
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Find the rate at which beam of light moving when it is km from
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Therefore, .
if , then
.
Substitute values of and
in
.
Therefore, rate at which beam of light moving when it is km from
is
.
Rate at which beam of light moving along the shoreline when it is km from
is
.