A Boy Standing on a Cliff Is Watching a Boat

question 57

Multiple Choice

A boy standing on a cliff is watching a boat through a telescope as it approaches the base of the cliff directly below him. If the telescope is 250 feet above water level and the boat is approaching at 25 feet per second, at what rate is the angle of the telescope changing when the boat is 250 feet away?

• A) radians per second
• B) radians per second
• C) radians per second
• D) radians per second

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