A baseball diamond is a square with side 90 ft. A batter hits the ball and runs toward first base with a speed of 25 ft/s.

Question

A baseball diamond is a square with side 90 ft. A batter hits the ball and runs toward first base with a speed of 25 ft/s.

(a) At what rate is his distance from second base decreasing when he is halfway to first base? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

 _______________ ft/s

(b) At what rate is his distance from third base increasing at the same moment? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)

 ________________ ft/s

Answer 1

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