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                a balloon rises straight up to 5 ft/sec. and a crying child who lost the balloon is standing 40 ft away. how fast does the balloon move away from the child when it is 30 ft above the ground?
            
            
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            Steve
            
    If the balloon is at height h, then the distance z from the child to the balloon is
z^2 = h^2 + 40^2
When h=30, z=50
So, now we want dz/dt when h=30
2z dz/dt = 2h dh/dt
Just plug in z=50 and h=30 and dh/dt=5 and solve for dz/dt
    
z^2 = h^2 + 40^2
When h=30, z=50
So, now we want dz/dt when h=30
2z dz/dt = 2h dh/dt
Just plug in z=50 and h=30 and dh/dt=5 and solve for dz/dt
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