Pick one of the problems to solve with a complete explanation of each step that you are doing. Be sure to make a diagram so anyone can tell what the variables correspond to. If you have another real life problem that you can apply calculus to, you can submit that solved problem instead.

Remember, the very first thing you need to do is draw a picture of the situation and clearly label the variables associated with your picture.

I picked this problem. Make sure you have a PLOT

A barge whose deck is 12 ft below the level of a dock is drawn up to it by means of a cable attached to a ring in the floor of the dock, the cable being hauled in by a windlass on deck at the rate of 8 ft per min. How fast is the barge moving toward the dock when it is 16 ft away? Make a plot with s on the x-axis and dx/dt on the y axis. What is the value of the asymptote when s --> +inf.