JEE Main 2014 — Heights and Distances Question with Solution
JEE Main 2014 (11 Apr Online)
Question
Two ships A and B are sailing straight away from a fixed point along routes such that is always . At a certain instance, and the ship is sailing at the rate of while the ship B sailing at the rate of . Then the distance between and is changing at the rate (in ):
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Correct answer
A
Step-by-step explanation
Let at , and Differentiating equation (1) with respect to
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