A woman standing on a cliff is watching a motor boat as the boat approaches the shoreline directly below her. If the woman's eyes are 250 feet above the water level and if the boat is approaching at 30 feet per second, how fast is the angle of depression of the boat from the woman's eyes changing when the boat is 250 feet from the shore?
A woman standing on a cliff is watching a motor boat as the boat approaches the shoreline directly below her. If the woman's eyes are 250 feet above the water level and if the boat is approaching at 30 feet per second, how fast is the angle of depression of the boat from the woman's eyes changing when the boat is 250 feet from the shore?
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![9. A woman standing on a cliff is watching a motor boat as the boat approaches the shoreline directly
below her. If the woman's eyes are 250 feet above the water level and if the boat is approaching at
30 feet per second, how fast is the angle of depression of the boat from the woman's eyes changing
when the boat is 250 feet from the shore?
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Transcribed Image Text:9. A woman standing on a cliff is watching a motor boat as the boat approaches the shoreline directly
below her. If the woman's eyes are 250 feet above the water level and if the boat is approaching at
30 feet per second, how fast is the angle of depression of the boat from the woman's eyes changing
when the boat is 250 feet from the shore?
10
. uer
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