document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1118869>Question 1118869</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A small airplane at an altitude of 5000 feet is flying East at  300 feet per second, and you are watching it with a small telescope as it passes directly overhead.  Refer to the figure above.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. What is the slope of the telescope 5, 10, and 20 seconds after the plane passes overhead?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. What is the slope of the telescope t seconds after the plane passes overhead?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. After it passes overhead, is the slope of the telescope increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution for the first requirement from question a is provided as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "at 5 sec.:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed = 300 ft/sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = speed * time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         = (300 ft/sec)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         = 1,500 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = vertical distance/horizontal distance\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Round off your answers to two decimal places.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Answer should be in this format:) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. at 10 sec, slope = _____at 20 sec, slope = 0._____\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. slope at t seconds = _____/t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. _____ </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "300*5=1500 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300*10=3000 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300*20=6000 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t seconds after pass overhead<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5000%2F%28300t%29=highlight%2850%2F%283t%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5000%2F%28300t%29=highlight%2850%2F%283t%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Decreasing slope, after plane passes overhead </SPAN>\n" );
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