The billboard is wide and is
away from the road.
Let be the angle subtended to first end of the billboard.
From the figure, .
Similarly .
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Therefore, angle subtended by billboard is .
To find the maximum angle subtended by billboard, equate to zero.
Consider .
Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
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Find the maximum angle subtended by billboard by using first derivative test.
\Substitute in
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By the first derivative test, the maximum angle subtended by billboard .
The point on the road when angle subtended by billboard is maximum is .