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A boat traveling due west passes 200 feet south of a marker buoy at 12:00 noon. If the boat maintains a constant speed of 50 feet per second and t is the elapsed time since noon (in seconds), which expression gives the boat’s distance from the buoy as a function of t?

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A boat traveling due west passes 200 feet south of a marker buoy at 12:00 noon. If the boat maintains a constant speed of 50 feet per second and t is the elapsed time since noon (in seconds), which expression gives the boat’s distance from the buoy as a function of t?

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Square the terms under the radical, factor our a common factor, and you should be able to answer your question.  Let me know if you get stuck.|dw:1361408137360:dw|