A baseball diamond is a square 90 ft on a side. A player runs from first base

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A baseball diamond is a square 90 ft on a side. A player runs from first base to second at a rate of 16 ft/sec.


a. At what rate is the player’s distance from third base changing when the player is 30 ft from first base?


b. At what rates are angles θ1 and θ2 (see the figure) changing at that time?


c. The player slides into second base at the rate of 15 ft/sec. At what rates are angles θ1 and θ2 changing as the player touches base?image

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Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9780321884077

13th Edition

Authors: Joel R Hass, Christopher E Heil, Maurice D Weir

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