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Distance Two insects are crawling along different lines in three-space. At time t (in minutes), the first insect is at the point (x, y, z) on the line
(a) Find the distance between the two insects at time
(b) Use a graphing utility to graph the distance between the insects from
(c) Using the graph from part (b), what can you conclude about the distance between the insects?
(d) How close to each other do the insects get?
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