Khushi S.

asked • 06/21/22

what steps would i do for this?

An Austin Mini and a Nissan Maxima leave an intersection in Kingston at the same time.

The Austin Mini, driven by Jackie, travels south at 80 km/h, and the Maxima, driven by Josh,

travels cast at 90 km/h. Al what rate is the distance between the two cars changing 30

minutes later, assuming they can continue to travel at the given initial speeds?

Khushi S.

east* at 90km/h
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John C. answered • 06/21/22

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Khushi S.

is there a way i can answer this using derivatives?
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John C.

Sure. The rate of change of the distance is just the derivative of the distance function with respect to time.
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