The Wynyard Crossing bridge in Auckland can be raised and lowered to allow tall boats to sail through when open, and pedestrians to walk across when closed. The bridge consists of two arms, each of length 22 metres.
When the bridge is rising, the angle of the bridge arm above the horizontal increases at the rate of 0.01rads−1.
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Find the rate at which the height, BH, is increasing when H is 15 metres above the horizontal, FB.
*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 2019 NZQA Exam - Worked Answers by infinityplusone(starts at 30:20)