A lighthouse is located on a small island
km away from the nearest point
.
Light makes four revolutions per minute.
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Assume A is light house .
\Consider
is the angle between light house and shore line.
revolution gives
radians.
revolutions gives
radians.
rad/min.
From the triangle
,

Differentiate on each side with respect to
.
.
Find the rate at which beam of light moving when it is
km from
.
Therefore,
.
if
, then
.

Substitute values of
and
in
.

Therefore, rate at which beam of light moving when it is
km from
is
.
Rate at which beam of light moving along the shoreline when it is
km from
is
.