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A building has an external elevator. The elevator is rising at a constant rate of
2
m
s
−
1
.
Sarah is stationary, watching the elevator from a point
30
m
away from the base of the
elevator shaft.
Let the angle of elevation of the elevator floor from Sarah's eye level be
θ
.
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Find the rate at which the angle of elevation is increasing when the elevator floor is
20
m
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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