Katie Calculus Ghost Related Rates

As Katie Calculus begins to make her rounds of trick or treat on Halloween night, she decides to take a short cut through the cemetery. She is walking at a rate of

3 ft/sec. When she is 30 feet from a tombstone, she notices a ghost 40 feet above the ground rising slowly (don't worry, it is a friendly ghost, I believe the name of the ghost is Casper). If the distance between Katie and Casper is increasing at a rate of 7 ft/sec, how fast is the ghost rising?

Part 1:

What are you trying to find in this problem?

• We are looking for the speed Katie is walking.

• We are looking for the distance between Katie and the ghost.

• We are looking for the rate the ghost is rising.

• We are looking for the distance the ghost is above the tombstone.

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As Katie Calculus begins to make her rounds of trick or treat on Halloween night, she decides to take a short cut through the cemetery. She is walking at a rate of

3 ft/sec. When she is 30 feet from a tombstone, she notices a ghost 40 feet above the ground rising slowly (don't worry, it is a friendly ghost, I believe the name of the ghost is Casper). If the distance between Katie and Casper is increasing at a rate of 7 ft/sec, how fast is the ghost rising?

Part 2:

If the distance Katie is from the tombstone is x, the ghost is a distance y above the ground at the tombstone and the distance between Katie and the ghost is c. Write an equation relating the three distances.

• There is no equation to relate the three variables.

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As Katie Calculus begins to make her rounds of trick or treat on Halloween night, she decides to take a short cut through the cemetery. She is walking at a rate of

3 ft/sec. When she is 30 feet from a tombstone, she notices a ghost 40 feet above the ground rising slowly (don't worry, it is a friendly ghost, I believe the name of the ghost is Casper). If the distance between Katie and Casper is increasing at a rate of 7 ft/sec, how fast is the ghost rising?

Part 4:

Which values are given in the original problem? Check EACH correct answer.

• x

• y

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As Katie Calculus begins to make her rounds of trick or treat on Halloween night, she decides to take a short cut through the cemetery. She is walking at a rate of

3 ft/sec. When she is 30 feet from a tombstone, she notices a ghost 40 feet above the ground rising slowly (don't worry, it is a friendly ghost, I believe the name of the ghost is Casper). If the distance between Katie and Casper is increasing at a rate of 7 ft/sec, how fast is the ghost rising?

Part 5:

What is the value of c?

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As Katie Calculus begins to make her rounds of trick or treat on Halloween night, she decides to take a short cut through the cemetery. She is walking at a rate of

3 ft/sec. When she is 30 feet from a tombstone, she notices a ghost 40 feet above the ground rising slowly (don't worry, it is a friendly ghost, I believe the name of the ghost is Casper). If the distance between Katie and Casper is increasing at a rate of 7 ft/sec, how fast is the ghost rising?

Part 6:

Which statement is false?

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AS Katie Calculus begins to make her rounds of trick or treat on Halloween night, she dicides to take a short cut through the cemetery. She is walking at a rate of

3 ft/sec. When she is 30 feet from a tombstone, she notices a ghost 40 feet above the ground rising slowly (don't worry, it is a friendly ghost, I believe the name of the ghost is Casper). If the distance between Katie and Casper is increasing at a rate of 7 ft/sec, how fast is the ghost rising (do not include units this time)?

Part 7:

How fast is the ghost rising?

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AS Katie Calculus begins to make her rounds of trick or treat on Halloween night, she dicides to take a short cut through the cemetery. She is walking at a rate of

3 ft/sec. When she is 30 feet from a tombstone, she notices a ghost 40 feet above the ground rising slowly (don't worry, it is a friendly ghost, I believe the name of the ghost is Casper). If the distance between Katie and Casper is increasing at a rate of 7 ft/sec, how fast is the ghost rising?

Part 8:

What are the units?

• feet per minute

• miles per hour

• feet per second

• miles per second

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