A hot air balloon sing vertically is tracked by an observer located 3 miles from the lift-off point. At a certain moment, the angle between the observer's line-of-sight and the horizontal is , and it is changing at a rate of 0.1 rad/min. How fast is the balloon rising at this moment? miles/min

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A hot air balloon sing vertically is tracked by an observer located 3 miles from the lift-off point. At a certain moment, the angle between the observer's line-of-sight and the horizontal
is and it is changing at a rate of 0.1 rad/min. How fast is the balloon rising at this moment?
miles/min
Transcribed Image Text:A hot air balloon sing vertically is tracked by an observer located 3 miles from the lift-off point. At a certain moment, the angle between the observer's line-of-sight and the horizontal is and it is changing at a rate of 0.1 rad/min. How fast is the balloon rising at this moment? miles/min
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