(B) A hot air balloon rising straight up from a level field is tracked by a range finder 500 ft from liftoff point. At the moment when the range finder's elevation angle is, the angle is increasing at the rate of 0.14 rad/min. How fast is the balloon rising at the moment?

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(B) A hot air balloon rising straight up from a level field is tracked by a range
finder 500 ft from liftoff point. At the moment when the range finder's elevation
angle is, the angle is increasing at the rate of 0.14 rad/min. How fast is the
balloon rising at the moment?
Transcribed Image Text:(B) A hot air balloon rising straight up from a level field is tracked by a range finder 500 ft from liftoff point. At the moment when the range finder's elevation angle is, the angle is increasing at the rate of 0.14 rad/min. How fast is the balloon rising at the moment?
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