A baseball diamond is a square, 90 feet on the side. A runner runs from second base to the third base at 20 ft/sec. How fast is the distance s between the runner and home base changing when he is 15 ft from third base

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A baseball diamond is a square, 90 feet on the side. A runner runs from second base to the third base at 20 ft/sec. How fast is the distance s between the runner and home base changing when he is 15 ft from third base?

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