The first snow of the season begins to fall during the night. The depth of the snow, "h", increases at constant rate through thte night and the following day.
At 6am a snow plough begins toc lear the raod of snow. The speed, v km/h of the snow plough is inversely proportional to the depth of the snow.
(This means v= A/h where A is a constant
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Let x km be the distance the snow plough has cleared and let t be the time in hours from the beginning of the snowfall.
Let t=T correspond to 6am.
i) Explain carefully why, for t > T, dx/dt = k/t where k is a constant.
ii) In the period from 6am to 8am the snow plough clears 1km of road but it takes a further 3.5 hours to clear the next kilometre.
At what time did it begin snowing?