At a given moment, a plane passes directly above a radar station at an altitude of 6km and and the planes speed is 500km/h. Let theta be the angle that the line through the radar station and the plane makes with the horizontal. How fast is theta changing 12 min after the plane passes over the radar station? (use decimal notation. give your answer to three decimal places) d(theta)/dt=_______ rad/hour

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At a given moment, a plane passes directly above a radar station at an altitude of 6km and and the planes speed is 500km/h. Let theta be the angle that the line through the radar station and the plane makes with the horizontal. How fast is theta changing 12 min after the plane passes over the radar station?

(use decimal notation. give your answer to three decimal places)

d(theta)/dt=_______ rad/hour

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