Angle of line of sight for a vertically lauched rocket

[ziddy83]

Hey...whats up,
ok... here's the problem.

A rocket is launched vertically from a point on the ground that is 100 horizontal meters from an observer with binoculars. The rocket is rising vertically and its height above the ground (in meters) is given by : y(t)=60t-5t^2
Two seconds after launch, how fast must the observer change the angle of elevation of her line of sight to keep the rocket in the binoculars?

I drew out the figure and...i know that i need to somehow compare the rate of change of the height of the rocket and the angle of her line of sight. So the rate of change of the height is y ' , which i got y' = t - 10t

now how can i relate the two? I can plug in 2 seconds in y' to get the rate at which the height is changing, but what about the angle? as always, any help would be awesome.

 

[vincentchan]

Hints:
\tan{angle} = y(t)/100
And you want to know d(angle)/dt at t=2

 

[ziddy83]

ok, correct me if I am wrong (which i think i am)...so to relate the two, the height and the angle, i can use the following function, arctan (\frac {60t-5t^2} {100})
and then differentiate that to find the rate of change of the angle, right?

 

[vincentchan]

yeap, you got it, but remember the angle is in radian instead of degree

 

[ziddy83]

great...thanks a lot you guys