Sketch the situation if necessary and use related rates to solve for the quantity. Two airplanes are flying in the air at the same height: airplane A is flying east at 250 mi/h and airplane B is flying north at 300 mi/h. If they are both heading to the same airport, located 30 miles east of airplane A and 40 miles north of airplane B, at what rate is the distance between the airplanes changing? The distance decreases at + mi/h. Click here to create a new row Ⓒ Rice University 2017

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Sketch the situation if necessary and use related rates to solve for the quantity.
Two airplanes are flying in the air at the same height: airplane A is flying east at 250 mi/h and airplane B is flying north at 300 mi/h. If
they are both heading to the same airport, located 30 miles east of airplane A and 40 miles north of airplane B, at what rate is the
distance between the airplanes changing?
The distance decreases at
+ mi/h.
+ Click here to create a new row
© Rice University 2017
Transcribed Image Text:Sketch the situation if necessary and use related rates to solve for the quantity. Two airplanes are flying in the air at the same height: airplane A is flying east at 250 mi/h and airplane B is flying north at 300 mi/h. If they are both heading to the same airport, located 30 miles east of airplane A and 40 miles north of airplane B, at what rate is the distance between the airplanes changing? The distance decreases at + mi/h. + Click here to create a new row © Rice University 2017
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