Kearnzo said:
let theta = y (for simplicity)
dy/dt = (vl)/(l^2 + x^2) = m/4 = v/4l
(vl)/(l^2 + x^2) = v/4l
simplify to 3l^2 = x^2
From the diagram x = ltany
simplifes to tany = + or - sqrt(3)
It is in the range -90 < y < 90
So its plus or minus 60
does that mean for ii) m = v/l ??
i couldnt do ii) so i tried doing iii).
i subbed m/4 into dtheta/dt and subbed tan sumthing into vl/(l^2 + x^2)
and sumthing very complicated = =
then i simplified and got cos theta = 1/2 . (times a bunch of square root v's and l's) and changed my tan^2 + 1 to sec^2 and then i realized that most probably ur gonna need to inverse cos the 1/2 so i guessed that m must equal v/l to cancel out all those square roots.
then i said therefore theta equal plus minus pi/3 and then jsut wrote m = v/l for ii) since its only one mark xD
haha so hopefully i fluked it and got it right