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Given information

The plane moves horizontally.

The altitude of the plane   and

The speed of the plane   

The distance from the plane to the station   

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

 

Write the unknown quantities

Let us assume the distance from the station to the plane is  

then, the rate at which the distance from the plane to the station is increasing when it is away from the station.

That means

when ,

Find the rate of change of distance  

Hence, the unknowns in the given problem is  

 

 

 

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