A woman standing on a cliff is watching a motor boat through a telescope as the boat approaches the shoreline directly below her. if the telescope is 25 meters above the water level and if the boat is approaching the cliff at 20 m/s, at what rate is the acute angle made by the telescope with the vertical changing

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A woman standing on a cliff is watching a motor
boat through a telescope as the boat
approaches the shoreline directly below her. if the
telescope is 25 meters above the water
level and if the boat is approaching the cliff at 20
m/s, at what rate is the acute angle
made by the telescope with the vertical changing
when the boat is 250 meters from the
shore?
Please show your complete solution and box the
final answer.please write clearly and readable.
Thank you.
Transcribed Image Text:A woman standing on a cliff is watching a motor boat through a telescope as the boat approaches the shoreline directly below her. if the telescope is 25 meters above the water level and if the boat is approaching the cliff at 20 m/s, at what rate is the acute angle made by the telescope with the vertical changing when the boat is 250 meters from the shore? Please show your complete solution and box the final answer.please write clearly and readable. Thank you.
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