Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Partial Derivatives - 14.5 The Chain Rule - 14.5 Exercises - Page 985: 43

Answer

$$\dfrac{-1}{(12\sqrt 3)} rad/s$$

Work Step by Step

We need to use the chain rule as follows: $\dfrac{dA}{dt}=(\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial x})(\dfrac{dx}{ dt})+(\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial y})(\dfrac{dy}{ dt})+(\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial \theta})(\dfrac{d \theta}{ dt})$ Re-arrange as follows: $$\dfrac{d \theta}{ dt}=-\dfrac{(\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial x})(\dfrac{dx}{ dt})+(\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial y})(\dfrac{dy}{ dt})}{(\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial \theta})} \\ \dfrac{d \theta}{ dt}=-\dfrac{y \sin \theta (\dfrac{dx}{dt})+(x \sin \theta)(\dfrac{dy}{ dt})}{(xy \cos \theta)} \\ \dfrac{d \theta}{ dt}=-\dfrac{(30) (0.5)(3)+(20)(0.5)(-2)}{(3)(20)(\sqrt 3/2)} \\=\dfrac{-1}{(12\sqrt 3)} rad/s$$
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