Math 1501

Sept. 23, 1999
Tom Morley
Name: ____________________________

Don't Panic

Open Book and Notes. You have 40 minutes. Carefully explain your proceedures and answers

Problem 1 (10 points)

You are videotaping the peachtree bicycle road race. You are 50 ft from
the (middle of the) road. You are following a bicycle going at 25 miles
per hour down Peachtree. (Note: 25 miles per hour is 36 .67 feet per second.)
How fast is the camera angle changing when the bicycle is right in from of you?
How fast 1 second later? Express answers in radians per second.
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Calculations

You can convert everything to feet or everything to miles.
Careful.

When the bicycle is straight ahead, cos[&thgr;] = 1.

Radias per second.

Problem 2 (10 Points)

A plane is flying with a constant speed of 300 km/hr at a height of 4 km. The plane flies over a ground radar installation. One half hour later, how fast is the distance
from the plane to the radar installation changing?

Answer