A baseball player hits the ball and then runs down the first base line at 20 ft/s.

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A baseball player hits the ball and then runs down the first base line at 20 ft/s. The first baseman fields the ball and then runs toward first base along the second base line at 18 ft/s as in Figure 7.

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Determine how fast the distance between the two players is changing at a moment when the hitter is 8 ft from first base and the first baseman is 6 ft from first base.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781319055844

4th Edition

Authors: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa

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