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document.write( "a point is moving along the positive y axis at a constant rate of 6 units per second. Find the rate of change of its distance from (1,0) when y=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Don't get too lost in the forest because of the trees....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The statement of the problem gives you the answer.  The speed is constant at 6 units per second; so the rate of change of its distance from ANY point at ANY time is 6 units per second.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sorry -- I misread the problem as motion in one dimension.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "See the correct solution from tutor @ikleyn. </SPAN>\n" );
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