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A car is being pulled along by a rope attached to the tow-bar at the back of the car.
The rope passes through a pulley, the top of which is 3 m further from the ground than the tow-bar.
The pulley is
x
m horizontally from the tow-bar, as shown in the diagram above.
The rope is being winched in at a speed of
0.6
m s
−
1
.
The wheels of the car remain in contact with the ground.
At what speed is the car moving when the length of the rope,
L
, between the tow-bar and the pulley is
5.4
m?
*You must use calculus and show any derivatives that you need to find when solving this problem.*
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