2017 THREE(d)

Question
A building has an external elevator. The elevator is rising at a constant rate of .

Sarah is stationary, watching the elevator from a point away from the base of the
elevator shaft.

Let the angle of elevation of the elevator floor from Sarah's eye level be .
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Find the rate at which the angle of elevation is increasing when the elevator floor is
above Sarah’s eye level.

*You must use calculus and show any derivatives that you need to find when solving this
problem.*
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NCEA Level 3 Calculus Differentiation 2017 NZQA Exam - Worked Answers by infinityplusone(starts at 56:18)
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