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One end of a rope is fastened to a boat and the other end is wound around a windlass located on a dock at a point 4 meters above the level of the boat. (see picture in the book) If the boat is drifting away from the dock at the rate of 2 meters/min , how fast is the rope unwinding at the instant when the length of the rope is 5 meters . (Let denote the length of rope at time .)

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