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Mathematics - Calculus - Rate Measure

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A baseball diamond is a square whose sides are 60 ft long. a player running from first to second base has a speed of 25 ft per second. at what rate is the player's distance from home base changing when he is 10 ft from second base?

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Let at any instant t the distance of the batter from the first base be x ft. Then by

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