Two sides of a triangle have lengths 9 m and 13 m. The angle between them is increasing at a rate of 0.02radians /min. How fast is the length of the third side increasing when the angle between the sides of fixed length is π/3 radians.

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Answer:0.175 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Two sides of length 9 and 13 m

angle between them is increasing at an angle of 0.02 rad/min

rate of increasing of third at [tex]\theta =\frac{\pi }{3}[/tex]

let a=9

b=13

c=unknown side

Now using cos rule of triangle

[tex]cos\theta =\frac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{2ab}[/tex]

[tex]cos\theta =\frac{a^2+b^2}{2ab}-\frac{c^2}{2ab}[/tex]

Differentiating both sides we get

[tex]-\sin \theta \times \frac{\mathrm{d} \theta }{\mathrm{d} t}=0-2\frac{c}{2ab}\times \frac{\mathrm{d} c}{\mathrm{d} t}[/tex]

at [tex]\theta =\frac{\pi }{3}[/tex]

c=11.53 m

substituting values we get

[tex]\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\times 0.02=\frac{11.53}{9\times 13}\times \frac{\mathrm{d} c}{\mathrm{d} t}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{\mathrm{d} c}{\mathrm{d} t}=0.175 m/s[/tex]

The value of dc/dt is given as 0.175m/s

Cosine rule of the triangle

Given a triangle with sides a, b and c, the cosine rule is expressed as:

[tex]c^2=a^2+b^2-2abcos\theta\\cos\theta=\frac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{2ab}\\cos\theta=\frac{a^2+b^2}{2ab} -\frac{c^2}{2ab}[/tex]

Differentiate both sides of the equation implicitly to have:

[tex]-sin \theta \times \frac{d \theta}{dt}=-\frac{c}{ab}\frac{dc}{dt}[/tex]

Given the following parameters;

[tex]\theta = \frac{\pi}{3}\\ c=11.53 cm[/tex]

a = 9cm

b = 13cm

Substitute the given parameters into the formula to get dc/dt:

[tex]-sin \frac{\pi}{3} \times \frac{d \theta}{dt}=-\frac{c}{ab}\frac{dc}{dt}\\-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \times 0.02=-\frac{11.53}{9\times 13}\frac{dc}{dt}[/tex]


On solving, the value of dc/dt is given as 0.175m/s

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