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Example 6

A ball thrown horizontally from a 100 ft cliff at a velocity of 50 ft/sec will follow the parametric equations

x = 50t, y = 100 - 16t2,

in feet. Find the slope of its path at time t (Figure 2.6.2).

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so

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Figure 2.6.2
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