document.write( "Question 517244: A car leaves an intersection traveling east. Its position t sec later is given by
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A car leaves an intersection traveling east. Its position t sec later is given by
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\n" ); document.write( "in t sec. Find the rate at which the distance between the two cars will be changing 3 sec later.?
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\n" ); document.write( "d'(3) = (216 + 216 + 60)/(2(162 + 216 + 90))
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\n" ); document.write( "= 41/78 ft/sec
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