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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A car is traveling east at 100 mph and a truck is traveling north at 80 mph. when the car is 3 miles east of an intersection and the truck is 4 miles north of the same intersection, how fast is the distance between them changing?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@DanJS

OpenStudy (danjs):

o, man , i havent been getting notification i dont think, sorry

OpenStudy (danjs):

did you realize that the intersection , and north and east, form a right-triangle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, I am aware of that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that's alright lol

OpenStudy (danjs):

let the east direction for the car be called X and the north direction for the truck be called y, to make it look familiar

OpenStudy (danjs):

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OpenStudy (danjs):

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