An airplane is flying at altitude H when itbegins its descent to an airport runway that is at horizontal grounddistance L from the airplane, as shown in the accompanying figure.Assume that the landing path of the airplane is the graph of a cubicpolynomial function y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where y(-L) = Hand y(0) = 0. What is dy/ dx at x = -L?

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An airplane is flying at altitude H when it
begins its descent to an airport runway that is at horizontal ground
distance L from the airplane, as shown in the accompanying figure.
Assume that the landing path of the airplane is the graph of a cubic
polynomial function y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where y(-L) = H
and y(0) = 0. What is dy/ dx at x = -L?

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