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document.write( "The distance from the point (0,y), moving along the y-axis, to the point (1,0) fixed in the coordinate plane, is  D =    (Pythagoras).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rate of the distance change is the derivative \r\n" );
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document.write( "    now substitute the given value of y= 2 and the given rate   = 6 into the formula to get the rate of the distance change = \r\n" );
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document.write( "=  =  units per second.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The rate of the distance change =  units per second.\r\n" );
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