At noon, ship A is 170 km west of ship B. Ship A is sailing east at 40 km/h and ship B is sailing north at 15 km/h. How fast is the distance between the ships changing at 4:00 PM?

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anonymous · Answer

I dont understand rate of change problems well :/

anonymous · Answer

Not sure how to start

saifoo.khan · Answer

@satellite73

anonymous · Answer

I was trying to message him but he only accpets ppl his fans off :( Im horrible at rate of change problems and i cannot simply understand them

anonymous · Answer

Do u know how to do these probles @saifoo.khan ?? I need to study other questions as well

anonymous · Answer

So i need to figure this one out soon

anonymous · Answer

@satellite73 may you please help??

anonymous · Answer

we need to draw a picture, then use pythagoras

anonymous · Answer

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