A port and a radar station are 2 mi apart on a straight shore running east and

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A port and a radar station are 2 mi apart on a straight shore running east and west  see figure). A ship leaves the port at noon traveling northeast at a rate of 15 mi/hr. If the ship maintains its speed and course, what is the rate of change of the tracking angle θ between the shore and the line between the radar station and the ship at 12:30 p.m.? Use the Law of Sines.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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