Question

An ant moves along the x-axis from left to right at 5 inches per second. A spider moves along the y-axis from up to down at 3 inches per second. At a certain instant, the ant is 4 inches to the right of the origin and the spider is 8 inches above the origin. At this instant, what is the rate of change of the distance between the spider and the ant

Answer 1

Answer: The rate of change of the distance between the spider and the ant is 4.92 inches/sec

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