Related Rates: Helicopter Distance and Direction

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The discussion focuses on a related rates problem involving two helicopters: one traveling east at 120 km/h and the other south at 150 km/h. The objective is to determine the rate of change of the distance between the helicopters at 10:50 AM, 2 minutes after the first helicopter takes off. The problem requires the application of calculus concepts to analyze the changing distance and direction between the two helicopters.

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Related rates, roflcopter!

Homework Statement



A helicopter takes off from a landing pad at 10:48am and travels eastward at a speed of 120km/h. A second helicopter traveling south at 150km/h is planning to land at 10:59am,

How fast is the distance between them chaging at 10:50am and is the distnace between them increasing or decreasing at this instant...

The Attempt at a Solution



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Is it bad that I lol'ed? Guess I'm a nerd.
 
JFonseka said:
Is it bad that I lol'ed? Guess I'm a nerd.
sooo how about the problem? or is that your nice way of saying it's completely wrong?
 

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