Given: An airplane is flying horizontally at a constant height of 1000 meters above a fixed radar station. At a certain instant, the angle of elevation θ at the station is π/4 radians and decreasing at a rate of 0.1 rad/sec. Problem: What is the speed of the aircraft at this moment?

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An airplane is flying horizontally at a constant height of 1000 meters above a fixed radar station. At a certain instant, the angle of elevation θ at the station is π/4 radians and decreasing at a rate of 0.1 rad/sec.


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What is the speed of the aircraft at this moment?


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