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CBSE 2024 · Region 1 · Set 2 · Q38 · 4 marks

The traffic police has installed Over Speed Violation Detection (OSVD) system at various locations in a city. These cameras can capture a speeding vehicle from a distance of $\displaystyle 300$ m and even function in the dark.
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A camera is installed on a pole at the height of $\displaystyle 5$ m . It detects a car travelling away from the pole at the speed of $\displaystyle 20 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$. At any point, $\displaystyle \times \mathrm{m}$ away from the base of the pole, the angle of elevation of the speed camera from the car $\displaystyle C$ is $\displaystyle \theta$. On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions :
(i)
Express $\displaystyle \theta$ in terms of height of the camera installed on the pole and x .
(ii)
Find $\displaystyle \frac{d \theta}{d x}$.
(iii)
Find the rate of change of angle of elevation with respect to time at an instant when the car is $\displaystyle 50$ m away from the pole.

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