Erik’s disabled sailboat is floating stationary 3 miles East and 2 miles North of Kingston. The sailboat has a radar scope that will detect any object within 3 miles of the sailboat. A ferry leaves Kingston heading toward Edmonds at 12 mph. Edmonds is 6 miles due east of Kingston. After 20 minutes the ferry turns heading due South. Ballard is 8 miles South and 1 mile West of Edmonds. Impose coordinates with Ballard as the origin.
a) Find equations for the lines along which the ferry is moving and draw in these lines.
b) The sailboat has a radar scope that will detect any object within 3 miles of the sailboat. Looking down from above, as in the picture, the radar region looks like a circular disk. The boundary is the “edge” or circle around this disk, the interior is everything inside of the circle, and the exterior is everything outside of the circle. Give the mathematical description (an equation or inequality) of the boundary, interior and exterior of the radar zone. Sketch an accurate picture of the radar zone by determining where the line connecting Kingston and Edmonds would cross the radar zone.
c) When does the ferry enter the radar zone?
d) Where and when does the ferry exit the radar zone?
e) How long does the ferry spend inside the radar zone?
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Erik’s disabled sailboat is floating stationary 3 miles East and 2 miles North of Kingston. The sailboat has a radar scope that will detect any object within 3 miles of the sailboat. A ferry leaves Kingston heading toward Edmonds at 12 mph. Edmonds is 6 miles due east of Kingston. After 20 minutes the ferry turns heading due South. Ballard is 8 miles South and 1 mile West of Edmonds. Impose coordinates with Ballard as the origin.
a) Find equations for the lines along which the ferry is moving and draw in these lines.
b) The sailboat has a radar scope that will detect any object within 3 miles of the sailboat. Looking down from above, as in the picture, the radar region looks like a circular disk. The boundary is the “edge” or circle around this disk, the interior is everything inside of the circle, and the exterior is everything outside of the circle. Give the mathematical description (an equation or inequality) of the boundary, interior and exterior of the radar zone. Sketch an accurate picture of the radar zone by determining where the line connecting Kingston and Edmonds would cross the radar zone.
c) When does the ferry enter the radar zone?
d) Where and when does the ferry exit the radar zone?
e) How long does the ferry spend inside the radar zone?